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.
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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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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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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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