A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
JOSEPH ADDISONThree grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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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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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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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.
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