Content thyself to be obscurely good.
JOSEPH ADDISONRides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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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.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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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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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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