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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

Abigail Adams

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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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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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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