If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
JOSEPH ADDISONAn evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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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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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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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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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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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