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.
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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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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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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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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