Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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I 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.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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And 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.
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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