What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
ABIGAIL ADAMSBut 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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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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
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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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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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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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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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