There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
JOSEPH ADDISONEvil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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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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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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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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