There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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.
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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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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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A 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.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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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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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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