On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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 contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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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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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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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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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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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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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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