Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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