There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
JOSEPH ADDISONJealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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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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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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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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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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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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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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