Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "A" » Abigail Adams Quotes
«I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.»
Author: Abigail Adams
(First Lady, Writer)
| About:
Intelligence
| Keywords:
conflicting, directly, entertain, entertains, felt, intelligence, number, points, points of view, reflected, simultaneously, topic, view
«Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.»
Author: Abigail Adams
(First Lady, Writer)
| About:
Learning
| Keywords:
ardor, attained, attended, by chance, diligence, sought
«We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.»
Author: Abigail Adams
(First Lady, Writer)
| Keywords:
correspond, corresponded, corresponds, high-sounding, sounding
«Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.»
Author: Abigail Adams
(First Lady, Writer)
| About:
Learning
| Keywords:
ardor, attained, by chance, diligence, sought
«If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.»
Author: Abigail Adams
(First Lady, Writer)
| About:
Heroism,
Women
| Keywords:
heroes, philosophers, statesmen
«Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.»
«Great necessities call out great virtues.»
«A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world»
«If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation»
Author: Abigail Adams
(First Lady, Writer)
| About:
Caring,
Women
| Keywords:
foment, ladies, rebellion, representation, representations
«Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.»
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
