Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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 is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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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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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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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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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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