If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHumble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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These are 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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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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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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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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