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.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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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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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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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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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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