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
JOSEPH ADDISONIt is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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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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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
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