To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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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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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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