“Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.”
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Addison, J. (n.d.). Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/31709-irregularity-and-want-of-method-are-only-supportable/
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Addison, Joseph. “Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/31709-irregularity-and-want-of-method-are-only-supportable/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Addison, Joseph. “Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/31709-irregularity-and-want-of-method-are-only-supportable/.