Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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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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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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