The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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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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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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