One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
JOSEPH ADDISONCourage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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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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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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