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.
JOSEPH ADDISONTemperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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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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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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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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