Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
JOSEPH ADDISONA man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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