Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
JOSEPH ADDISONIt is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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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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Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
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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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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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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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Nothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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