Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
ABIGAIL ADAMSAnd bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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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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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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