Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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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Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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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.
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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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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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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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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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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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