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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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. – Joseph Addison

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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison

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Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. – Lydia Lunch

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Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that dont turn out the way youre given the impression that they will. And I think thats all kind of a con. But I think weve probably all been hurt. – Sigourney Weaver

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When life throws you lemons, make orange juice. It will leave them wondering how the hell you did that. – Author Unknown

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Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. – Timothy Fuller, Reunion with Murder, 1941

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