English - Writer | May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
Joseph Addison
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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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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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
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I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
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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.
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