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.
JOSEPH ADDISONNothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Encourage innocent amusement.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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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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Nothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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