Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
JOSEPH ADDISONAmong all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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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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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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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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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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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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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