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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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison

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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. – Joseph Addison

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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. – Joseph Addison

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

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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. – William Osler

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