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I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

Quote by John Adams about destiny, home, house, children, mind

He who created us without our help will not save us...

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about help

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Quote by Albert Camus about irony, happiness

But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent...

Quote by Charles Dickens about time, christmas, thinking, man, good, good luck

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to...

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about opinion, sensibility

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good...

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

Quote by Herodotus about advice, things, good, good luck

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a...

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

Quote by Molly Ivins about state, love

The sins are caused by temptation, but through free...

The sins are caused by temptation, but through free consent. Otherwise, they are not sins.

Quote by Vasile Bancila about sin, temptation

A beautiful eye makes the silence eloquent, a benevolent eye transforms the contradiction into a gracious consent, an angry eye deforms the beauty. These small organs give life to every part of our being.

Quote by Joseph Addison about eyes, silence, beauty, being, life

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