When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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 consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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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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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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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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