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.
JOSEPH ADDISONA man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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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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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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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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