I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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