English - Writer | May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
Joseph Addison
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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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A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
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The post of honour is a private station.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.
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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.
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