But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDeliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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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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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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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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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.
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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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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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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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