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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.

Joseph Addison

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Business Decision Despatch Making Nothing Requisite
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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Comfort Consider Honor Old Remember Time Years Young
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
JOSEPH ADDISON

Accompanied Exercise Gratitude Inward Pleasing Satisfaction Thank You Thankful
Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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Against Criticism Defense Except Funny Humor Obscurity
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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Difference Good Greatest Men Mind Music Open Vanity Wise
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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Evil Future Men Moment Present Secret
Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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Ambitious Kind Literature None Writing
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Elation Heart Luxury Men Pride
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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Art Beautifying Double Eye Laid Light Made Nature Planted Seat
Nothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
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Appear Eye Inconsistency Little Man Real World
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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Birth Evening Listen Listening Moon Repeat Shade Stories Take Tale Wondrous
One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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Difficult Important Master Mind Own Powerful Thing
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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Act Create Dream Hope Life Possess Really Shadow
Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Dust Little Look Visible
There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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Labor Noble Nothing Pain Purchase Real True Valuable
Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
JOSEPH ADDISON

Fetch Incongruity Out Wit

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