"It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes."

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Source : Joseph Addison (1761). “The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq;”, p.63

Joseph Addison

#Eye Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Rivalry Quotes

“Don't you know yet? It is your Light that lights the worlds.”
“History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff - well, it might as well be dead.”
“We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.”
“Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.”
“Earth's immune system - its rapid response team of self-protection - becomes invigorated at times of peril. And one sees it at play now in the upwelling of grassroots work aimed at finding a sustainable future.”

Source : Interview with Simmons B. Buntin, www.terrain.org. September 22, 2010.
“I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.”
“Burning one hectare of grassland gives off more, and more damaging, pollutants than 6,000 cars. And we are burning in Africa, every single year, more than one billion hectares.”
“For me, physical love has always been bound to an irresistible feeling of innocence and joy. Thus, I cannot love in tears but in exaltation.”

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