The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
JOSEPH ADDISONA 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.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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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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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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