Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offe…

Abraham Lincoln
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Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.1472, Jazzybee Verlag
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Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.1472, Jazzybee Verlag

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