The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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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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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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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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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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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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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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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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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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