it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
JOSEPH ADDISONSunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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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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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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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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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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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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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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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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