What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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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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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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