it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
JOSEPH ADDISONNo one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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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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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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