There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
JOSEPH ADDISONJealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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