The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
JOSEPH ADDISONWomen were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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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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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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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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It 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.
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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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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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