I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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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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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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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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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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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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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
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