One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
JOSEPH ADDISONA man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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