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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Upon laying a weight in one of the scales, inscribed eternity, though I threw in that of time, prosperity, affliction, wealth, and poverty, which seemed very ponderous, they were not able to stir the opposite balance.
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Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
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Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.
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Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
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He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
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Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency.
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A jealous man is very quick in his application: he knows how to find a double edge in an invective, and to draw a satire on himself out of a panegyrick on another.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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The world is so full of ill-nature that I have lampoons sent me by people who cannot spell, and satires composed by those who scarce know how to write.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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Poverty palls the most generous spirits it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair.
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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Who does not more admire Cicero as an author than as a consul of Rome?
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, When discontent sits heavy at my heart.
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