Great necessities call out great virtues.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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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
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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