A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
JOSEPH ADDISON
JOSEPH ADDISON
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Joseph Addison134 quotes“A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.”
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Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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Women like me. Women love me, so if I really wanted to involve the women, I don’t have to assault the women.
Bikram ChoudhuryBikram Choudhury We would get rid of assault weapons. There would not be an assault weapon in the United States, whether it’s for a show or someone having it in a collection.
Bernard C. ParksBernard C. Parks The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells However, the assaults against the church will be turned around, and everything that the enemy meant for harm will ultimately be used for good.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
Adam McKayAdam McKay I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States.
Aaron KleinAaron Klein We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.
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