Maxioms by Abigail Adams
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.
Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because
he is sufficient for himself, read more
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because
he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, read more
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.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
