Abigail Adams

Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Abigail Adams?

  • → A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
  • → Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
  • → Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
  • → For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Abigail Adams.

  • → A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.
  • → We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
  • → If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.
  • → Men willingly believe what they wish.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Abigail Adams.

  • → It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
  • → Moderation in all things.
  • → Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
  • → You give your cheeks a rosy stain, With washes die your hair, but paint and washes both are vain to give a youthful air.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to Abigail Adams. Which one?

  • → As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
  • → Great necessities call out great virtues.
  • → The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
  • → Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
  
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