Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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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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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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