There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
JOSEPH ADDISONCertain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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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.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
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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 reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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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 not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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