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Virtue is not always amiable.

John Quincy Adams

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Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.
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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
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Experiment Myself Philosophy Preparation Result Science
It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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Action Improvement Mindset Moments Myself Time
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
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Man Myself Nation Politics
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage Difficult Inspirational Magic Perseverance
No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Freedom Imperfection Life Man Weakness
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Beginning End Politics Slave
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Myself Ourselves Right Success
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Experience Future Lesson Past
I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Myself Poet Warrior
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves

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