Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
JOSEPH ADDISONAll well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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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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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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