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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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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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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. – Joseph Addison

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He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes. – Barrow

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When the book comes out it may hurt you — but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself. – James Baldwin

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In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. – Mortimer J. Adler

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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. – Mortimer J. Adler

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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them. – Owen Feltham

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You define a good flight by negatives: you didnt get hijacked, you didnt crash, you didnt throw up, you werent late, you werent nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. – Paul Theroux

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If you want to understand democracy, spend less time in the library with Plato, and more time in the buses with people. – Simeon Strunsky

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We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in mens mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other mens keeping. – Michel de Montaigne

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