If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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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 am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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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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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 the Husbands.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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