Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMany of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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