I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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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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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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