Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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