There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
JOSEPH ADDISONThree grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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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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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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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The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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