Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. - Abigail Adams 1 Share Now -
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. - Abigail Adams 2 Share Now -
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. - Abigail Adams 3 Share Now -
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. - Abigail Adams 4 Share Now -
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.' - Abigail Adams 5 Share Now -
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. - Abigail Adams 6 Share Now -
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. - Abigail Adams 7 Share Now -
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. - Abigail Adams 8 Share Now -
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 9 Share Now -
