But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIt is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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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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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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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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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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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 men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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