I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
JOSEPH ADDISONI value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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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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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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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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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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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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