According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
JOSEPH ADDISONA 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.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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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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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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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
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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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