Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
JOSEPH ADDISON
One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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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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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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