When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
ABIGAIL ADAMSEvery object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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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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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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