Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
JOSEPH ADDISONWere a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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