Who really said it
Louisa May Alcott wrote the line in Little Women. It appears in chapter 24 in the narrator’s account.
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“Love is a great beautifier” Louisa May Alcott — Little Women (Chapter 24, Gossip).
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Provenance
Meg had spent the time in working as well as waiting, growing womanly in character, wise in housewifely arts, and prettier than ever, for love is a great beautifier.
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The documented text comes from a work published before 1931 and is public domain in the United States.
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Context
The short quotation extracts the final clause of a sentence describing Meg before her marriage. In context the observation concerns affection and maturation rather than a literal promise about physical appearance.
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Louisa May Alcott. Little Women. Chapter 24, Gossip.
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