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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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Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer. – Joseph Addison

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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. – Joseph Addison

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It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. – Richard Whately

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The greatest wisdom is to realize ones lack of it. – Constantin Stanislavski

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You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice. – Japanese Proverb

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