Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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 house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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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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