Quotes
Quotes - Alcott
""Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.]
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
Housekeeping ain't no joke.
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
The less routine the more life.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Love is a great beautifier.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
