I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing the right and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally.
("Little Women")
More Quotes from Louisa May Alcott:
When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…Louisa May Alcott
I wish I had no heart, it aches so…
Louisa May Alcott
He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.
Louisa May Alcott
All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into bread and butter.
Louisa May Alcott
I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
Louisa May Alcott
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…
Louisa May Alcott
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Conscience QuotesBased on Keywords: capitally
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
Daniel Webster
It's hard to know really how it's going to happen, but the career ebbs and flows and now there's a nicer feeling of interest than there has been at other times.
Gretchen Mol
For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
Elia Kazan