A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
JOSEPH ADDISONMusic, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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