Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
JOSEPH ADDISONOne of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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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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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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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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In 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.
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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.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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