Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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