Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
JOSEPH ADDISONOn you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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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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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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