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
ABIGAIL ADAMSI’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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