Quote by Joseph Addison
Tis not in mortals to command success, but well do more, Semproniu

Tis not in mortals to command success, but well do more, Sempronius, well deserve it. – Joseph Addison

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A person terrified with the imagination of spectres, is more reasonable than one who thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. – Joseph Addison

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Ghosts
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The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves. – Joseph Addison

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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. – Lord Chesterfield

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If people concentrated on the really important things in life, thered be a shortage of fishing poles. – Doug Larson

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Here is a field open for talent; and here, merit will a have certain favor, and industry is graced with its due reward. – Claudius

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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. – Thomas Alva Edison

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I have such trust complexes. Im close to, like, two people. – Taylor Momsen

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