Louisa May Alcott's Little Book of Selected Quotes

"There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment." - Louisa May Alcott ("A Long Fatal Love Chase", published posthumously in 1995)

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"Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty." - Louisa May Alcott ("Little Women",1868)

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"Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but make experience their master, and life their book. [Some care] only for the mental culture, and [are] in danger of over-studying, under the delusion . . . that learning must be had at all costs, forgetting that health and real wisdom are better." - Louisa May Alcott ("Jo's Boys", 1886)