There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
JOSEPH ADDISONContent thyself to be obscurely good.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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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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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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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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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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