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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.
— Joseph Addison
Tags: humanity, man, nature, life

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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
— Joseph Addison
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A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
— Joseph Addison
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There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
— Joseph Addison
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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
— Joseph Addison
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!
— Joseph Addison
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