Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
JOSEPH ADDISONA true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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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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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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