All Joseph Addison Quotes
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.
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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.
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The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
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The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
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