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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Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer. – Joseph Addison

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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. – 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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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. – Don Marquis

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You must train your intuition — you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide. – Ingrid Bergman

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Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. – George Bernard Shaw

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