Our 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 ADDISONEncourage innocent amusement.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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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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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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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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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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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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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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