When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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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 only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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