Quote by Joseph Addison
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of gre

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. – Joseph Addison

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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. – Joseph Addison

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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. – 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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Im forever learning and thats why Im always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop. – Doug E. Fresh

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I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasnt until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate. – Kelly Hu

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In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country. – James Cronin

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I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I cant really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations. – Chad Hugo

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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I dont believe in people just hoping. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. – Joseph Chilton Pearce

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The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good. – Ivan Scheier

I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours. – Tom Tancredo

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