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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSLearning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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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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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 the Husbands.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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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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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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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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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 benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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