Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Abigail Adams
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  2. One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God. - Criss Jami

  3. Great is God. - Lailah Gifty Akita

  4. Ah, what an awe great God! - Lailah Gifty Akita

  5. Great is the love of God. - Lailah Gifty Akita

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  1. Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for

  2. My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

  3. 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.

  4. Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

  5. ...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...

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