"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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"Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.“
-Joseph Addison
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"A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes."
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"The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding."
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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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