Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
JOSEPH ADDISONAmong 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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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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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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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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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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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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