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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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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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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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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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Words of love, are works of love. – William R. Alger

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