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Quote by Joseph Addison
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves. – Joseph Addison

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