I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
ABIGAIL ADAMSSome disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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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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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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