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.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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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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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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