There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMen of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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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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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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