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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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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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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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