There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
JOSEPH ADDISONLet freedom never perish in your hands.
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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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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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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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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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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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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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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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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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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