Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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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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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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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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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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