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What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country!

Joseph Addison

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Addison, Joseph. Cato. 14 April 1713, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1, l. 258.

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Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have below.

Joseph Addison

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Addison, Joseph. "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, at Oxford." 1694.

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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttle-fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him till he becomes invisible.

Joseph Addison

The Spectator

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Addison, Joseph. The Spectator. London, 5 Sept. 1712, no. 476.

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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 one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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Addison, Joseph. The Spectator. London, 17 March 1711, no. 15.

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What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to a Human Soul.

Joseph Addison

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Addison, Joseph. "Tuesday, November 6, 1711." The Spectator, 1711, no. 215.

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Wide and undetermined Prospects are as pleasing to the Fancy, as the Speculations of Eternity or Infinitude are to the Understanding.

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Addison, Joseph. "Monday, June 23, 1712." The Spectator, 1712, no. 412.

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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.

What pity is it, That we can die but once, to serve our country!

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Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.

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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttle-fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him till he becomes invisible.

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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 one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to a Human Soul.

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Wide and undetermined Prospects are as pleasing to the Fancy, as the Speculations of Eternity or Infinitude are to the Understanding.

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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.

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What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country!

Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have below.