Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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 is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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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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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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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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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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