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Power 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…
- We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes…
- The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by…
- I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of…
- Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.
- Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints…
- The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
- I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world…
- To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly…
- 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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