Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
ABIGAIL ADAMSLearning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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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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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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