I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThese 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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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