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 ADAMSIf we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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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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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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These are the 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 house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in 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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