If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Abigail Adams
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Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She is widely considered to be an influential figure in the founding of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both the wife of a U.S. …
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Abigail AdamsWisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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.'
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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.
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.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.