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Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show and pleasure, are the way to be useful and consequently happy.

Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show and pleasure, are the way to be useful and consequently happy.

Approximate author period: c. 1780 AD · early modern

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John Adams
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Approximate author period: c. 1780 AD · early modern
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