The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
JOSEPH ADDISONWords, 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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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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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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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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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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Nothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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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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