Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
JOSEPH ADDISONI 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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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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Women 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.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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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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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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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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