The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
ABIGAIL ADAMSEvery 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
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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I 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
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