Encourage innocent amusement.
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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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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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 friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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