A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
JOSEPH ADDISONI shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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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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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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