Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
JOSEPH ADDISONIf men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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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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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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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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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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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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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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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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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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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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