Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
JOSEPH ADDISONWere a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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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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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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