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Quote by Joseph Addison
We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would

We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his countrys ruin! – Joseph Addison

Category:
Revolution
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Joseph Addison
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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. – Joseph Addison

Category:
parenting
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Joseph Addison
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History
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History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. – Winston Churchill

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History

You cant set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch. – George M. Humphrey

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History

If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society. – Strom Thurmond

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History

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black mans right to his body, or womans right to her soul. – Emma Goldman

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History

Random Quotes

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come. – Lawrence Welk

Category:
Faith

Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man. – Francis Bacon

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Atheism

If he works for you, you work for him. – Japanese Proverb

Category:
Service

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. – Carl Sandburg

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Happiness