What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIs it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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