Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
JOSEPH ADDISONHung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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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’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own 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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