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Ah, if I could only feel assured that it was right and not a blind impulse of a weak woman's heart!'" ~Rosamond"
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He was not a perfect child, by any means, but his faults were of the better sort; and being early taught the secret of self-control, he was not left at the mercy of appetites and passions, as some poor little mortals are, and then punished for yielding to the temptations against which they have no armor.
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for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.
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Christie was one of that large class of women who, moderately endowed with talents, earnest and true-hearted, are driven by necessity, temperament, or principle out into the world to find support, happiness, and homes for themselves. Many turn back discouraged; more accept shadow for substance, and discover their mistake too late; the weakest lose their purpose and themselves; but the strongest struggle on, and, after danger and defeat, ear..
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I'm here, hold on to me, Jo, dear!" - Laurie"
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children should be children as long as they can.
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You love him still and struggle against your love, feeling that it will undo you. He knows this and he will tempt you by every lure he can devise, every deceit he can employ. Sorrow and sin will surely follow if you yield; happiness never can be yours with him; doubt, remorse and self-reproach will kill love, and a time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever. Oh, Agatha, be warned in time, ..
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The fun and fame do not last, while the memory of a real helper is kept green long after poetry is forgotten and music silent.
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The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women.
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these hearts of ours are curious and contrary things, and time and nature work their will in spite of us.
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There, I've done my best. If that wont do, I shall have to wait till I can do better.
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The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him,
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It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us.
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What right have I to more gay gowns, when some poor babies have none; or to spend time making myself fine, while there is so much bitter want in the world?
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replied Mrs. March, who took peculiar pleasure in granting Beth's requests because she so seldom asked anything for herself.
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I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy. And it's worse than ever now, for I'm dying to go and fight with Papa. And I can only stay home and knit, like a poky old woman.
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You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way.
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Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do.
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and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.
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It does seem to me that some one might write stories that should be lively, natural and helpful tales in which the English should be good, the morals pure, and the characters such as we can love in spite of the faults that all may have.
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I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter...
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Samoljublje kvari i najvece genije.
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The snores alone were quite a study, varying from the mild sniff to the stentorian snort, which startled the echoes and hoisted the performer erect to accuse his neighbor of the deed, magnanimously forgive him, and wrapping the drapery of his couch about him, lie down to vocal slumber. After listening for a week to this band of wind instruments, I indulged in the belief that I could recognize each by the snore alone, and was tempted to join..
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leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best.
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We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner."
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she discovered that her feet were cold, her head ached, and that her heart was colder than the former, fuller of pain than the latter.
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This is the first duty of parents, and no false delicacy should keep them from the watchful care, the gentle warning, which makes self-knowledge and self-control the compass and pilot of the young as they leave the safe harbour of home.
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Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty
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You think then, that it is better to have a few duties and live a little for others, do you?
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Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady.
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I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a bit of it is found it is known. That is the text of my little sermon to you. Virtue, which means honour, honesty, courage, and all that makes character, is the red thread that marks a good man wherever he is.
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That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed."
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I want to do something splendid...
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Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such and unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.
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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.
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Jo couldn't even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life. She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence.
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love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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I don't envy her much, in spite of her money, for after all rich people have about as many worries as poor ones, I think
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Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongues when they have girls to manage
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Give them all of my dear love and a kiss. Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night, and find my best comfort in their affection at all times. A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted. I know they will remember all I said to them, that they will be loving children to you, will do their duty faithfully, fight their bosom ene..
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tras las nubes siempre llega la luz.
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Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night, and find my best comfort in their affection at all times.
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and I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many of them, I've seen them myself.......and as you can see, I took the hint.......but not much love went into THAT package did it, my dear?
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It takes so little to make a child happy that it is a pity, in a world so full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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