I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
JOSEPH ADDISONThree grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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