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Quote by Joseph Addison
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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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. – Joseph Addison

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A mans first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world. – Joseph Addison

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what we are given by the senses. – Hannah Arendt

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There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life. – Frederika Bremer

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. – Henry Adams

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

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