Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
JOSEPH ADDISONIt is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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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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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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