Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
JOSEPH ADDISONOur real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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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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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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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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When 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.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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