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“According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.” quote by John Quincy Adams — Download Open image

“According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.”

John Quincy Adams

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The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.

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