Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
JOSEPH ADDISONWe are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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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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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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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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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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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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