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Quote by Joseph Addison
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his countrys ruin! – Joseph Addison

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Revolution
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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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Reading
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. – Joseph Addison

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Friendship
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. – Jacob Bronowski

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Nature

Innovative capitalists have tried to rewrite nature, but to no avail. – Terri Guillemets, 2007

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Nature

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. – Sallust

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Nature

External nature is only internal nature writ large. – Swami Vivekananda

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Nature

Random Quotes

Its wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears. – Helen Keller

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God

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind. – Emmet Fox

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positive

I got that experience through dating dozens of men for six years after college, getting an entry level magazine job at 21, working in the fiction department at Good Housekeeping and then working as a fashion editor there as well as writing many articles for the magazine. – Judith Krantz

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dating

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies dont. – John Stossel

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alone