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Quote by Joseph Addison
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but t

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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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison

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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. – Joseph Addison

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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. – George William Curtis

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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. – Roger Ascham

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