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.
JOSEPH ADDISONWere a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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