“Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.”

— Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Ch. 13: The Sunny Side

About Louisa May Alcott

1832 – 1888

American novelist, author of "Little Women".

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

“I can't give her money, but I can teach her; so I do, and she is the most promising pupil I have.”

“Help one another, is part of the religion of our sisterhood, Fan.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”