When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
ABIGAIL ADAMSLearning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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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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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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