Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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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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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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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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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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