Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
JOSEPH ADDISONMan is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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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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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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