How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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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 house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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These are 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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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