Jo's Boys
Louisa May Alcott
Top 10 Best Quotes
“…the violin — that most human of all instruments…”
“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.”
“Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.”
“Better lose your life than your soul…”
“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.”
“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”
“I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.”
“…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.”
“The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.”
“…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.”
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