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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. - Abigail Adams
" "A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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About Abigail Adams
Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and is retrospectively perceived as the second First Lady of the United States; the term was not coined until after she had died. She was also the mother of John Quincy Adams.
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