Martha Washington
Martha Washington
Martha Washingtonwas the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime she was often referred to as "Lady Washington"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth2 June 1731
CityNew Kent County, VA
CountryUnited States of America
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I live a very dull life here . . . indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
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I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
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. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .
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The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
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I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
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I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.
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We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
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I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.
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I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without depending on others as that is the only way to be happy to have all your business in your own hands.