A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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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.
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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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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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