Encourage innocent amusement.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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