Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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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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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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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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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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