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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.

— Louisa May Alcott

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From Chapter SEVEN of Little Women. This is fictional dialogue or narration; its meaning depends on the surrounding scene, not on treating it as the author’s personal advice.

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Source: Little Women , Chapter SEVEN

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From Little Women

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