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 ADAMSWe have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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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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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.
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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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 great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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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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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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