It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
JOSEPH ADDISONTrue benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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