A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
¶ (Attributed)
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Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
¶ Cato, I.ii.43 (1713)
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
¶ The Spectator
Sir Roger told them, with an air of a man who would not give his judgement rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
¶ The Spectator, #122 (20 Jul. 1711)
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
¶ The Spectator, #381 (17 May 1712)
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