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.
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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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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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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