Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
JOSEPH ADDISONRiches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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 noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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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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