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Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both. (Joseph Addison)
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. View quote
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. View quote
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. View quote
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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. View quote
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! View quote
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See in what peace a Christian can die. View quote
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. View quote
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young. View quote
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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. View quote
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. (Joseph Addison)
Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency. View quote
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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. View quote
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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man. View quote
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. View quote
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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. View quote
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Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. View quote
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Method is not less requisite in conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. View quote
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Jesters do often prove prophets. View quote
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There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. View quote
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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. (Joseph Addison)
Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them. View quote
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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. View quote
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. View quote
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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. View quote
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