Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
JOSEPH ADDISONA man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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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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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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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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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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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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