Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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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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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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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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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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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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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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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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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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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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