Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
JOSEPH ADDISONTo be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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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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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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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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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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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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