A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
JOSEPH ADDISONCheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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