It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed ... The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Let the martial songs be written, let the dirges disappear. Let a race of men now rise and take control!
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...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.
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'I refer to those who describe murders/riots/panics and other catastrophes perpetrated by humans, and who say to be 'acting like animals.' I refer specifically to comments regarding a recent ship hijacking where it was said that the terrorists acted like 'cowardly animals.' These terrorists and guerrilla acts are NOT animal in nature - they are HUMAN in nature. As one who sees the balance, beauty and meaning of the world in which nonhuman animals must face life-or-death situations everyday just to survive and perpetuate their species, I grossly resent and take offense at these statements! When was the last time we saw a gorilla hijack a plane? A pod of whales hijack an ocean liner? A group of nonhuman animals walk down the street and terrorize the neighborhood??? Human animals are the terrorists and guerrillas when they go into the nonhuman animals' homes to slaughter them for fur coats, hunting trophies, plumage and all the other atrocious reasons society gives for the gross lack of respect for life, and murder of our fellow creatures inhabiting this world. If and when man comes off his ego trip, maybe he'll see just how insignificant he is to the total scheme of beings on this planet in which ALL creatures share. Then, the saying will be turned around to 'They behaved like people.'' (Letter to Abigail Van Buren in the York Daily Record)
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I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me—to fight ourselves for what ...
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish, or a new improved laundry detergent.
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... whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to men, Emancipating all Nations, you insist upon retaining absolute power over wives. But ...
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Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
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We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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If we could sell our experience for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back
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Fight fire with fire, and all you'll end up with is ashes.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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How should they answer?
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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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Great necessities call forth great leaders.
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, There you are and those who say, Here I am
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Imp at three and wench at 'leben She counted her husbands to the number seben.
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The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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