The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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