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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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We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning. – Joseph Addison

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Life
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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

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Instinct
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. – Joseph Addison

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The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The clouds, — the only birds that never sleep. – Victor Hugo

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Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under! – C.JoyBellC.

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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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My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. – Merton Miller

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A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. – Dave Barry, “Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn”

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How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? – Paul Sweeney

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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. – Washington Irving

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