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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.
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It is folly to seek the approbation of any being besides the Supreme.
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.
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The head has the most beautiful appearance, as well as the highest station, in a human figure.
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Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury.
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Those who were skillful in Anatomy among the Ancients, concluded from the outward and inward Make of an Human Body, that it was the Work of a Being transcendently Wise and Powerful. As the World grew more enlightened in this Art, their Discoveries gave them fresh Opportunities of admiring the Conduct of Providence in the Formation of an Human Body.
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Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.
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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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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions.
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Must one rash word, the infirmity of age, throw down the merit of my better years?
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this may be said for love, that if you strike it out of the soul, life would be insipid, and our being but half animated.
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Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have seen an eye curse for half an hour together, and an eyebrow call a man a scoundrel.
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A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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