I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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 contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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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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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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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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