There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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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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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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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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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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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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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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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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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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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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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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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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