O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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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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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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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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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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