I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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