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A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.
Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death?
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What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.
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Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing by banishing the desire for them.
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What can be nobler than the idea it gives us of the Supreme Being?
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A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.
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It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works they have eyes only for spots and blemishes.
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