Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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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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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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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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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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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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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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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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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 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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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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