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Quote by Joseph Addison
There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature th

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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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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The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary. – Francis W. Newman

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It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. – James Russell Lowell

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Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. – Don Marquis

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