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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof

Abigail Adams

The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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Acquire Character Future Importance May Step
The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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Government Long People Restraint Stacked Submit
What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Accounting Fancy Meat One
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Hero Learn Mean Philosopher Statemen Women
Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Great Inspirational Necessity Retirement Virtue Women
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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Difficulty Great July May Perseverance Surmounted
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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Country Emulation Good Liberty Noble People
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
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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Fall King People Remain. Longer Slip
The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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Barbarism Ignorance Level Place Slavery Tenant Wood
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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Allow Deepest Depend Early Education Root Youth
The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Born Challenge Contending Habit Mind Vigorous
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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Arise Disappointment False Forming Notion Unhappiness
How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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Ambition Difficult Hope Ourselves Pride Private Sacrifice Task
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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Conflict Felt Intelligence Number Person View
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

But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof

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