But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
ABIGAIL ADAMSLearning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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 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 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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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These are 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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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