Abigail Adams Famous Quotes



"We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them."

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."

"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."


Abigail Adams Quotations






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