I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSLearning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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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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