Quote#Friendship
It is owing to this kindness of our numerous friends, in all…
Quote byMartha Washington · 1731–1802
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Mercy Warren (1789).
English (original)
It is owing to this kindness of our numerous friends, in all quarters, that my new and unwished-for situation is not indeed a burden to me. When I was much younger, I should probably have enjoyed the innocent gayeties of life, as much as most of my age. But I had long since placed all the prospects of my future worldly happiness in the still enjoyments of the fireside at Mount Vernon.
— Martha Washington
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