There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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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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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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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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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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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 who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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