Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
JOSEPH ADDISONRiches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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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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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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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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