Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
JOSEPH ADDISONA man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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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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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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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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