Quote by Joseph Addison
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. - Joseph Addison

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. – Joseph Addison

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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible. – Joseph Addison

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