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.
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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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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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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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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