Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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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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