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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
- Joseph Addison
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
- Joseph Addison
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#Human
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
- Joseph Addison
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
- Joseph Addison
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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.
- Joseph Addison
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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
- Joseph Addison
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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
- Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.
- Joseph Addison
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
- Joseph Addison
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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.
- Joseph Addison
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#Men
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I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
- Joseph Addison
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
- Joseph Addison
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
- Joseph Addison
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#Imagination
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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!
- Joseph Addison
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#Love
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#Pleasure
#Treasure
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
- Joseph Addison
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
- Joseph Addison
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
- Joseph Addison
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
- Joseph Addison
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#Know
#Music
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
- Joseph Addison
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#Right
#Twice
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
- Joseph Addison
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#Hope
#Life
#Success
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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
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#Happiness
#True Happiness
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
- Joseph Addison
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#Man
#Mind
#World
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
- Joseph Addison
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#Week
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
- Joseph Addison
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#Mind
#More
#Nothing
#Power
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
- Joseph Addison
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#Clothes
#She
#Wedding
#Woman
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
- Joseph Addison
#Good
#Humanity
#Life
#Smile
#Sunshine
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
- Joseph Addison
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#Patience
#Real
#See
#Shape
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
- Joseph Addison
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#Hope
#Life
#Love
#Three
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
- Joseph Addison
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#Body
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#Mind
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
- Joseph Addison
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#Exercise
#Fitness
#Mind
#Reading
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
- Joseph Addison
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#Marble
#Sculpture
#Soul
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