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Of all the diversions of life,...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

But silence never shows itself...

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

There is nothing that more bet...

There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and satires that are written with wit and spirit are like poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

He only is a great man who can...

He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

There is no defense against re...

There is no defense against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

When a man is made up wholly o...

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.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

Life is not long enough for a ...

Life is not long enough for a coquette to play all her tricks in.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

If men of eminence are exposed...

If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

As vivacity is the gift of wom...

As vivacity is the gift of woman, gravity is that of men.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

I have always preferred cheerf...

I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

There is no kind of false wit ...

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

Our sight is the most perfect ...

Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

They were a people so primitiv...

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

Our friends don't see our faul...

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

A misery is not to be measure ...

A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

A true critic ought to dwell r...

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

Facts are plain spoken; hopes ...

Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

The hours of a wise man are le...

The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

Pride goes before destruction ...

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

A man's reputation draws eyes ...

A man's reputation draws eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him.

Joseph Addison 715 quotes

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