To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
JOSEPH ADDISONHe 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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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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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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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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