Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSA patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
ABIGAIL ADAMSA people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
ABIGAIL ADAMSO, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThese 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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
ABIGAIL ADAMSI feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
ABIGAIL ADAMSArbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
ABIGAIL ADAMSBut 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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
ABIGAIL ADAMSGreat necessities call out great virtues.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat 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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSLet your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
ABIGAIL ADAMSBut let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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