True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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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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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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