When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhat is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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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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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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