I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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