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Quote by Joseph Addison
True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and no

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ones self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. – Joseph Addison

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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. – Joseph Addison

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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. – Joseph Addison

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