True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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