Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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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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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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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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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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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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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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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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