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.
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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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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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.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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