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.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhat an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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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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Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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