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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMen of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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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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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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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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