There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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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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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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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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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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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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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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