Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
JOSEPH ADDISONTemperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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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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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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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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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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