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.
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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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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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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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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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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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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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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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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