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!
ABIGAIL ADAMSI 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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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