If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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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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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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