Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
JOSEPH ADDISONA 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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