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.
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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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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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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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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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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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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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.
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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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