I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
JOSEPH ADDISONTo this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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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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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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