The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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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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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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