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Quote by Joseph Addison
Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is u

Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible. – Joseph Addison

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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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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. – Joseph Addison

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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. – Joseph Addison

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Men are apt to offend (tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. – William Congreve

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I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics. – Johnny Mercer, on a British musical

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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. – St. Bernard

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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances. – Benjamin Franklin

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