Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
JOSEPH ADDISONIt is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Nothing that isn’t a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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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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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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