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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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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

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Instinct
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. – Joseph Addison

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Laughter
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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. – Joseph Addison

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I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. – John Buchan

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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his fathers wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his fathers care. – William Penn

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If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. – Mason Cooley

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Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. – Alfred Austin

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