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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.

Abigail Adams

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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Affection Conviction Heart Love Reason Receiving Taken
If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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Blessing Expect Father Manner Primitive Simplicity
Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Character Hero Life Stateman Walk
But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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Circumstance Judge Judging Ourselves Person Since
O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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Devil Eye Heart Read Time Wicked
I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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Accomplishment Brilliant Liberality Pleasure Sentiment Sex
I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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Desire Favourable Generous Giving Husband Lady Remember Sex
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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Complaining Difficult Hate High Low Person Shoe
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Action Communication Diversity Language Word
The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Contending Difficulty Formed Great Habit Vigorous
Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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Ancestor Blessing Hardship Posterity Reap Suffering
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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Dark Disagreeable Humour Men Soul Vastly
But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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Friend Happy Harsh Master More Willing
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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Fish Government Most People Power Right Strenuous Swallow Vested
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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Degrade Demoralize Hand Historical Innocent Man Power Woven
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Convinced Dangerous Grasping Man More

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