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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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Attend Circumstance Situation Some Disagreeable
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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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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Believe Bustle Desirable Life Man Situation

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