According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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.
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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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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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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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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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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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