What did Abigail Adams mean by: Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands. Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA Copy
+ What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Preference, Subjectivity, Taste, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. Author, July 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Abigail Adams, Education, Effort, Persistence, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Ethics, Morality, Responsibility, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Challenge, Growth, Resilience, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Appearance, Conformity, Society, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Overcoming, Patience, Perseverance, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Actions, Hypocrisy, Words, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
+ My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abigail Adams, Morality, Religion, Responsibility, 0 Abigail Adams Former First Lady of the United States · USA
Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form. Read explanation Francois Delsarte Musician · France
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France