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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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