I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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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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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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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 acknowledge myself a unitarian
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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