Quote by Joseph Addison
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. – Joseph Addison

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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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