We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHeaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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