People/A
The quotations of
First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801
1744–1818
7 quotes, most often on Virtue.
How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
You tell me of degrees of perfection to which human nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.
Abigail Adams1744–1818Abigail Adams1744–1818Abigail Adams1744–1818
