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. . . 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. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the

. . . 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. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.

Louisa May Alcott
Giving, Advice, Credit
Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Annotated Little Women with English Grammar Exercises: by Louisa May Alcott (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.556, Powell Publications, LLC

I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.

Louisa May Alcott
Mean, Giving, Going Away
Louisa May Alcott, General Press (2016). “Little Women (Illustrated Edition)”, p.84, GENERAL PRESS

A kiss for a blow is always best, though it's not very easy to give it sometimes.

Louisa May Alcott
Kissing, Blow, Giving
J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.910, e-artnow

He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as a boy; plain and peculiar, yet his face looked beautiful to many.

Louisa May Alcott
Beautiful, Boys, Giving
Louisa May Alcott, Barbara Steadman (1997). “Little Women Coloring Book”, p.35, Courier Corporation

No woman should give her happiness into the keeping of a man without fixed principles.

Louisa May Alcott
Men, Giving, Principles
Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.1660, Delphi Classics

They were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the old, beauty on the plain, wealth on the poor, and gives human hearts a foretaste of heaven.

Louisa May Alcott
Heart, Giving, Heaven
Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter (2015). “Christmas Classics Premium Collection: 150+ Novels, Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Gift of the Magi, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Wonderful Life of Christ…”, p.4340, e-artnow

[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.

Louisa May Alcott
Men, Giving, World
Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More”, p.1149, Xist Publishing

I love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

Louisa May Alcott
Men, Giving, Liberty
Louisa May Alcott (2015). “The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.351, e-artnow

I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now.

Louisa May Alcott
Heart, Hands, Giving

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