Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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