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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

Country Unknown
Born Tuesday, 30 November -0001
Category Social Activists
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Joseph Addison

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Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable. Uncategorized
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. Uncategorized
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. Uncategorized
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station. Uncategorized
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country! Uncategorized
What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities. Uncategorized
True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self. Uncategorized
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Uncategorized
Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency. Uncategorized
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. Uncategorized
If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling. Uncategorized
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Uncategorized
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. Uncategorized
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. Uncategorized
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. Uncategorized
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. Uncategorized
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Uncategorized
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Uncategorized