A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
JOSEPH ADDISONReading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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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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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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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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