There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhat sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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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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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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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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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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