I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSRemember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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.
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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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