Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
JOSEPH ADDISONA day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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