Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
JOSEPH ADDISONTrue benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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