"Books are the legacies that a great genius…" — Joseph Addison

"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind"

— Joseph Addison

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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison

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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable…
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism…
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…

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I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
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Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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