Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
JOSEPH ADDISONNothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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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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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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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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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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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