According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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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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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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