There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time…

Theodore Roosevelt
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There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts. ✨ Theodore Roosevelt (2012). In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena, p.173, Cornell University Press
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