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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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner. – Joseph Addison

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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. – 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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