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Quote by Joseph Addison
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of

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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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. – Joseph Addison

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Imagination
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. – Joseph Addison

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Age
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A mans first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world. – Joseph Addison

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Censorship
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Sky & Clouds
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The sky was clear — remarkably clear — and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse. – Thomas Hardy

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They are fair resting-places for the dear weary dead on their way up to heaven. – Joaquin Miller (clouds)

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Sky & Clouds

Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. – Ojibwe Proverb

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Sky & Clouds

Gray skies are just clouds passing over. – Author Unknown

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