Content thyself to be obscurely good.
JOSEPH ADDISONThat aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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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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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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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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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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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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