To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
JOSEPH ADDISONThey were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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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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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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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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