Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
JOSEPH ADDISONHunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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