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A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light, and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful sex all over charms.
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 an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance.
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Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life.
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If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue.
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