Quote by Joseph Addison
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and imp

Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment. – Joseph Addison

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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. – Joseph Addison

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