Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. – Abigail Adams
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
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. – Abigail Adams
Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his masters commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style. – W. H. Auden