A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
JOSEPH ADDISONCharity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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