English - Writer | May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719
Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.
Joseph Addison
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!
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Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
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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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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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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.
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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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