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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSPosterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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