There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
JOSEPH ADDISONYoung men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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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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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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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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