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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
Written by Joseph Addison
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
Written by Joseph Addison
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Written by Joseph Addison
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Written by Joseph Addison
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Written by Joseph Addison
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
Written by Joseph Addison
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
Written by Joseph Addison
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Written by Joseph Addison
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
Written by Joseph Addison
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.
Written by Joseph Addison
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.
Written by Joseph Addison
Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.
Written by Joseph Addison
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Written by Joseph Addison
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Written by Joseph Addison
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.
Written by Joseph Addison
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
Written by Joseph Addison
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.
Written by Joseph Addison
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Written by Joseph Addison
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Written by Joseph Addison
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.
Written by Joseph Addison
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
Written by Joseph Addison
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
Written by Joseph Addison
There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
Written by Joseph Addison
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.
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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
Written by Joseph Addison
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
Written by Joseph Addison
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Written by Joseph Addison
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
Written by Joseph Addison
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
Written by Joseph Addison
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Written by Joseph Addison

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