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I 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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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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