Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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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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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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