Louisa May Alcott

"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."

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Source: Louisa May Alcott (2018). “Louisa May Alcott Collection”, p.1224, Youcanprint

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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and feminist best known for her novel 'Little Women', which explores women's roles in society.

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Louisa May Alcott Novelist, Poet

"If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women"

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