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Joseph Addison Inspirational Quotes (317)

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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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The first race of mankind used to dispute, as our ordinary people do now-a-days, in a kind of wild logic, uncultivated by rule of art.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature.
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Nature is full of wonders every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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Health and happiness give rise to each other.
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That courage which arises from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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I should think myself a very bad woman, if I had done what I do for a farthing less.
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My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
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That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself and at least it is the outward portal to introduce them to the house within, or rather the common thoroughfare to let our affections pass in and out.
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It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.
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Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.
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Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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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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Who does not more admire Cicero as an author than as a consul of Rome?
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O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts, If I have done amiss, impute it not! The best may err, but you are good.
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A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die.
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See in what peace a Christian can die.
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A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts
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