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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.

Joseph Addison

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Bravery Courage Go Thing
The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Difference First Great Know Out Pick Suppress Word Thought
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.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Admire Discover Familiar Fresh Grow Immediately Life Object Passion Respect Upon
Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Always Evil Great Ignorance Misery Yield
One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Difficult Important Master Mind Own Powerful Thing
If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Agree Angry Feeling Happiness Happy Inspirational Uncharitableness
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Editing Editors Storm
It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Criticism Criticize Men Own Perform Ridiculous
Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Honor Inexperience Men Mischief Real
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Above Another Essential Knowledge Man Men Next Raise
Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
JOSEPH ADDISON

Appear Attend Began Diligently Down Face Forget Happen Lomg Person Seldom
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Arise Bless Blessing Contented Enjoy Great Happiness Men Mind Present Subduing
According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
JOSEPH ADDISON

According Contradictory Definition Error Falsehood Nature
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.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Become Blacken Cuttlefish Disputant Himself Invisible Mind Unable Water
Encourage innocent amusement.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Amusement Encourage Innocent
Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Exert Force Full Giving Nature Play Temperance Vigor

Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.

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