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Great Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
- You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is…
- Love is a great beautifier.
- He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
- It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
- I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
- Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.
- He looked at her an instant, for the effect of the graceful girlish figure with pale, passionate face and dark eyes full of sorrow, pride…
- Woman work a great many miracles.
- She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a…
- I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's…
- I could have been a great many things.
- …because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
- But please hug and kiss me, everyone, and don't mind my dress, I want a great many crumples of this sort put into it today.
- Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness…
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