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Abigail Adams
(1744 - 1818)Wife of President John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams.
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We have too many sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.
The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.
It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. ... Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.