Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
JOSEPH ADDISONKnowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
JOSEPH ADDISONCharity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
JOSEPH ADDISONA contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
JOSEPH ADDISONAn evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
JOSEPH ADDISONContent thyself to be obscurely good.
JOSEPH ADDISONTrue benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
JOSEPH ADDISONHunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
JOSEPH ADDISONOne of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
JOSEPH ADDISONThree grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
JOSEPH ADDISONOur delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
JOSEPH ADDISONCertain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
JOSEPH ADDISONOur disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
JOSEPH ADDISONReading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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