A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
ABIGAIL ADAMS
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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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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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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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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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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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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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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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