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Joseph Addison Quotes
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Joseph Addison

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Date of Birth:
May 1, 1672
Date of Death:
June 17, 1719
Nationality:
English
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