I’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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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These are the 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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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