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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. – Joseph Addison

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A person terrified with the imagination of spectres, is more reasonable than one who thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. – Joseph Addison

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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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Slander expires at a good womans door. – Danish proverb

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The best way to procure insults is to submit to them. – William Hazlitt

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He who puts up with insult invites injury. – Yiddish Proverb

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The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. – Eugene Delacroix

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