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.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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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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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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