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.
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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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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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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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