Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
JOSEPH ADDISONSoon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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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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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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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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