I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
JOSEPH ADDISONA man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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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.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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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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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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