All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
JOSEPH ADDISONThe voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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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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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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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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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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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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