A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
JOSEPH ADDISONIn private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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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 man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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What 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.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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