But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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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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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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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It 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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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