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
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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