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Quote by Joseph Addison
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom frien

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. – Joseph Addison

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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. – Joseph Addison

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Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. – 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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When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God. – Charles Stanley

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Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships. – Rick Springfield

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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. – Charles de Secondat

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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. – Jeff Bezos

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Based on 30 years of experience with the Iranians, they will give you 100 words. Trust only one of the 100. – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

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Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch it to be sure. – Murphy’s Law

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Danger, the spur of all great minds. – George Chapman

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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – Mark Twain

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