Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
JOSEPH ADDISON
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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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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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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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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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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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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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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