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.
JOSEPH ADDISONLove, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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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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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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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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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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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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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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