I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
JOSEPH ADDISONMan is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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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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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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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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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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