Quote by Joseph Addison
Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to

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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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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We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning. – Joseph Addison

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When the book comes out it may hurt you — but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself. – James Baldwin

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A wicked book cannot repent. – Proverb

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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is. – James Barrie

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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. – W. H. Auden

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It is no use to grumble and complain Its just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain – Why, rains my choice. – James Whitcomb Riley

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The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. – Thomas Beecham

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