Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
JOSEPH ADDISONRides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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