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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

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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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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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
JOSEPH ADDISON

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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