According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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 no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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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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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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.
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