If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
JOSEPH ADDISONAnimals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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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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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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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 person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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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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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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