What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the soul.
Joseph Addison Quotes
Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent...Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment : cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
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| Birth: | 1st May, 1672 |
| Death: | 17th June, 1719 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Essayist, Poet, Politician, Playwriter |
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