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 ADAMSTo be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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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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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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