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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

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.

Louisa May Alcott
Real, Book, Character
Louisa May Alcott (2018). “Louisa May Alcott Collection”, p.1224, Youcanprint

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

Louisa May Alcott
Powerful, Character, Clothes
1869 Little Women, pt.2, ch.34.

You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many books in one. Read him well, and he will help you much; for the study of character in this book will help you to read it in the world, and paint it with your pen.

Louisa May Alcott
Book, Character, Two
Louisa May Alcott (2005). “Little Women ; Little Men ; Jo's Boys”, p.365, Library of America

Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies.

Louisa May Alcott
Character, Eye, Passion
Louisa May Alcott (1997). “A Long Fatal Love Chase”, Thorndike Pr

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.

Louisa May Alcott
Wise, Character, Greatness
Louisa May Alcott (2009). “Good Wives: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.195, ReadHowYouWant.com

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