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“No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.”

Book:Letters by John Quincy Adams, on the Study of the Bible

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Letters by John Quincy Adams, on the Study of the Bible

This book compiles a series of letters from John Quincy Adams, exploring his personal reflections and scholarly analysis of the Bible. Adams, a prominent figure in American history, delves into theological and historical aspects of the sacred text, offering readers a glimpse into his intellectual and spiritual journey. more

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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was the 6th President of the United States, born on July 11, 1767, and died on February 28, 1848. He was a prominent statesman, diplomat, and scholar, known for his extensive knowledge and political experience. more

“When a miser contents himself with giving nothing, and saving what he has got, and is in other respects guilty of no injustice, he is, perhaps, of all bad men the least injurious to society; the evil he does is properly nothing more than the omission of the good he might do. If, of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested, it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers.”

Ifs Men Giving Doe Might Hate Evil Common Effects Injustice Vices Guilty Saving Greedy Avarice Rail Bad Man Misers Omission Expect Nothing

Author:Claude Adrien Helvetius

“To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.”

Should Littles Esteem Merit Awe Superiority Aversion

Book:A Treatise on Man, His Intellectual Faculties and His Education: A Posthumous Work of M. Helvetius. Translated from the French, with Additional Notes, by W. Hooper, ...

Source: A Treatise on Man, His Intellectual Faculties and His Education: A Posthumous Work of M. Helvetius. Translated from the French, with Additional Notes, by W. Hooper, ...

“The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing us from sloth, impart to us that continuous and earnest attention necessary to great intellectual efforts.”

Men Passion Strong Effort Attention He Man Intellectual Idols Inferiors Shallow Earnest Impart Sloth Strong Passion

Author:Claude Adrien Helvetius

“Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.”

Virtue Preacher Martyr

Author:Claude Adrien Helvetius

“Common criticism of the Internet is that it is dominated by the crude, the uninformed, the immature, the smug, the untalented, the repetitious, the pathetic, the hostile, the deluded, the sefl-righteous, and the shrill. This criticism overlooks the fact that the Internet also offers - for the savvy individual who knows where to look - the tasteless and borderline insane.”