Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
JOSEPH ADDISONA true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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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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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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