Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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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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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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 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
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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