Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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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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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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 parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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