"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."
― Joseph Addison
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More From Joseph Addison
- "Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner."
- "I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair."
- "Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another."
More In Great
- "The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence."― Rabindranath Tagore
- "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way."― Napoleon Hill
- "Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest."― Jonathan Swift