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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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object; unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a perpetual succession of miracles rising into view. – Joseph Addison

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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. – Joseph Addison

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Calumny is only the noise of madmen. – Diogenes

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Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both. – Joseph Addison

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You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult. – Judge Hall

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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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