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"It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them."

— Joseph Addison
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The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented.

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