The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
JOSEPH ADDISONAn evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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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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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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