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Danh ngôn của Abigail Adams (Sứ mệnh: 7)

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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.
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.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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.