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.
JOSEPH ADDISONContent thyself to be obscurely good.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Encourage innocent amusement.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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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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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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