Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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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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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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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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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