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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a des

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves. – Joseph Addison

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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. – 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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All words are pegs to hang ideas on. – Henry Ward Beecher

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A wise man hears one word and understands two. – Yiddish Proverb

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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. – Robert Burton

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