A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
JOSEPH ADDISONCharity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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