There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
JOSEPH ADDISONContent thyself to be obscurely good.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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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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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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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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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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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 day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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