Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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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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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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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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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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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