A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONKnowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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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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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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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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