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.
JOSEPH ADDISONA good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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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.
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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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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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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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