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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. – Joseph Addison

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Happiness
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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

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Nature
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. – Joseph Addison

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Sky & Clouds
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. – Solon

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It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth. – Alice Koller

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I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory. – Alan Parsons

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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. – Thomas Jefferson

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