I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
JOSEPH ADDISONLove, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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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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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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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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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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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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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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