A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONThe friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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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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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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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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Encourage innocent amusement.
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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