WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:05:04 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg hustle – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Adams, Abigail -- Letter to Mary Smith Cranch (1784) https://wist.info/adams-abigail/30010/ https://wist.info/adams-abigail/30010/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:41:25 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=30010 I begin to think that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.


Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
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