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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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. – Joseph Addison

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Nature
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. – Joseph Addison

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Sky & Clouds
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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. – Joseph Addison

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great
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Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all thats written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that. – Robert Caro

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Learning

Who God does not teach, man cannot. – Scottish Proverb

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Learning

One goes through school, college, medical school and ones internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success. – Ashley Montagu

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Learning

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. Hes always been there. I cant remember starting school and not learning about him. – Jamie Campbell Bower

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Learning

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To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. – Confucius

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As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. – Dave Parnas

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Computers

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, Im more likely to listen to rock music. – Tony Blair

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Music

School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobodys perfect, so why practice? – Billie Joe Armstrong

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