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.
JOSEPH ADDISONArtificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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.
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Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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