Look what a little vain dust we are!
JOSEPH ADDISONNature 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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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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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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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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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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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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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.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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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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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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