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Quote by Joseph Addison
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. – Joseph Addison

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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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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error let us pardon reciprocally each others folly – that is the first law of nature. – Voltaire

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