Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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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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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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