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.
JOSEPH ADDISONHunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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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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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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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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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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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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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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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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