"Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass."
-Joseph Addison
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"The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.“
-Joseph Addison
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"A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side."
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"I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair."
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"If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."
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"I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context."
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"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."
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"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."
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"Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it."
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