Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
JOSEPH ADDISONAdmiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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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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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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