When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
ABIGAIL ADAMSI can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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