When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
JOSEPH ADDISONThe most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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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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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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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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