Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
JOSEPH ADDISONNo oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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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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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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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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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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