Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
JOSEPH ADDISONWere a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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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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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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