Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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