Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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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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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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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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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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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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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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