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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSGreat necessities call out great virtues.
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These are 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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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