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Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up and devoured those of the Egyptians.
Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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What I spent I lost what I possessed is left to others what I gave away remains with me.
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Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought.
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A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.
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