Quote by Joseph Addison
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. – Joseph Addison

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Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer. – Joseph Addison

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Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori Proverb

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My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. Im very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and Id save it for like five months. And then Id spend it on Christmas presents. Id save up like eight pounds. Its nothing, but we did that. – Gemma Arterton

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I think its my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may. – Leonard Nimoy

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You cant study comedy its within you. Its a personality. My humor is an attitude. – Don Rickles

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