It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
JOSEPH ADDISON
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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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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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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