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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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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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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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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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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