Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
JOSEPH ADDISONTrue happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Nothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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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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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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