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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.

Joseph Addison

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Act Create Dream Hope Life Possess Really Shadow
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Creature Distinguish Laughter Men Mirth Other
Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Exert Force Full Giving Nature Play Temperance Vigor
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Change Fool Funny Inspirational Men Nature Ride
An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Action Evil Intention Make Prevent Sin
They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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Funny Know Money People Primitive Work
Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Agreeable Describe Each Follow Give Grace Light Organ Set Side Surround
Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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Honor Inexperience Men Mischief Real
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
Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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Blow Compassion Edge Form Mind Passion Temper Tenderness Women
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Authority Exorbitance Inflict Legal Oppression Political Politics Prevention
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
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Appear Attend Began Diligently Down Face Forget Happen Lomg Person Seldom
A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Applause Down Greatness Look Multitude Neglect Soul
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
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.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Along Flower Friendship Inspirational Life Pathway Scarred Smile Sunshine Sure
When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Beautiful Epitaph Grief Hear Incardinate King Meet Parent Tombstone Upon

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