Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhat sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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