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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chic

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams

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I read my eyes out and cant read half enough. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read. – John Adams

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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams

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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. – John Adams

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