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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...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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Let the martial songs be written, let the dirges disappear. Let a race of men now rise and take control!
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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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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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... 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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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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We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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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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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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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How should they answer?
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Great necessities call forth great leaders.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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Fight fire with fire, and all you'll end up with is 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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Imp at three and wench at 'leben She counted her husbands to the number seben.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
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The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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