Great necessities call out great virtues.
ABIGAIL ADAMSSome disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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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 patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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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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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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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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