The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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.
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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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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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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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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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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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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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