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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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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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It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age. – Joseph Addison

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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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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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Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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