Let freedom never perish in your hands.
JOSEPH ADDISONNothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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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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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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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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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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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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