Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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These are the 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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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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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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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