Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
JOSEPH ADDISONAccording to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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