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.
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
I can hear of
I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
Abigail Adams
Well, knowledge is a
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.
Abigail Adams
The house shakes…with the
The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
Abigail Adams
Every object is beautiful
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
Abigail Adams
These are the times
These are the times when a genius wants to live.
Abigail Adams
The great fish swallow
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
Abigail Adams
Dark and sour humours,
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.
Abigail Adams
I acknowledge myself a
I acknowledge myself a unitarian
Abigail Adams
What is meat for
What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
Abigail Adams