No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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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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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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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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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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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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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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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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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 shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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