A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
JOSEPH ADDISONAntidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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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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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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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