Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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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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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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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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