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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

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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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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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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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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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Every 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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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