I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
JOSEPH ADDISONPedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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