Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adamswas the wife of John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is now designated the first Second Lady and second First Lady of the United States, although these titles were not in use at the time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth11 November 1744
CityWeymouth, MA
CountryUnited States of America
men grasping dangerous
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature ...
ignorance men parent
Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power, the parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
real men moral
A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
dark men soul
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
men hands historical
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.
men ought knows
When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
sex men age
Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
wisdom power men
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'
men few-words duty
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
life believe men
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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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. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
attained attended learning sought
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
afraid daughters eve fine knowledge mother since
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since
sex class intellectual
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.