A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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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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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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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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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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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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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