May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMany of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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