Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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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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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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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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 benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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 when a genius wants to live.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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