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Are riches, honors, and beauty going out of fashion? Is not the rage…

Quote byJohn Adams · 1735–1826

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Discourses on Davila (1790), No. 13.

English (original)

Are riches, honors, and beauty going out of fashion? Is not the rage for them, on the contrary, increased faster than improvement in knowledge?

— John Adams

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