When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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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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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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