Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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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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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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