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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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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. – Joseph Addison

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Daughters
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Joseph Addison
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along lifes pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. – Joseph Addison

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

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Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear. – Proverb

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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. – Charles Dickens

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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain. – Wendell Willkie

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My nominee for Best Picture of the year – maybe the best picture ever, because its essentially made up of and is an ecstatic love letter to all other movies – is Christian Marclays endlessly enticing must-see masterpiece The Clock. – Jerry Saltz

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Practical gentlemen hate uncertainty, balancing of probabilities, skepticism or approximation. They have a number of bitterly satirical comments on persons whose minds are so open that their brains fall out. They are bent on getting to a conclusion. – Max Radin, 1937

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Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but theres no palace till its built. – Fernando Pessoa

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