Quote by Joseph Addison
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condit

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. – Joseph Addison

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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. – Joseph Addison

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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling. – Joseph Addison

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…the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse. – Walt Whitman, “O Me! O Life!”, Leaves of Grass

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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – Samuel Butler

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It is normal to give away a little of ones life in order not to lose it all. – Albert Camus

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Im not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. Im not looking for the secret to life… I just go on from day to day, taking what comes. – Frank Sinatra

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