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English
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Writer
May 1
, 1672 -
June 17
, 1719
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Joseph Addison
Education
,
Soul
,
Sculpture
,
Marble
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
Joseph Addison
Sunday
,
Week
,
Away
,
Rust
,
Whole
,
Clears
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison
Fitness
,
Mind
,
Body
,
Reading
,
Exercise
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
Friendship
,
Happiness
,
True Happiness
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
Joseph Addison
Happiness
,
Blessing
,
Man
,
Mind
,
World
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
Life
,
Smile
,
Good
,
Sunshine
,
Flowers
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Joseph Addison
Life
,
Good
,
Reading
,
Good Life
,
Living
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Joseph Addison
Life
,
Love
,
Happiness
,
Hope
,
Three
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
Joseph Addison
Sunshine
,
Great
,
Day
,
Influence
,
Cloudy
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
Life
,
Success
,
Friend
,
Perseverance
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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
Patience
,
Blessings
,
Real
,
See
,
Shape
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
Life
,
Friendship
,
Human Life
,
Enjoyment
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
Joseph Addison
Advice
,
Nothing
,
Receive
,
Much
,
Which
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Joseph Addison
Day
,
Clock
,
Right
,
Twice
,
Even
,
Stopped
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Joseph Addison
Health
,
Best
,
Mind
,
Body
,
Friendly
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Joseph Addison
Humble
,
People
,
Wish
,
Wishes
,
Be Humble
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Joseph Addison
Virtue
,
Only
,
Modesty
,
Guard
,
Ornament
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Joseph Addison
Gardening
,
Value
,
Fruit
,
Garden
,
More
Jesters do often prove prophets.
Joseph Addison
Prove
,
Prophets
,
Often
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.
Joseph Addison
Nature
,
Man
,
Glory
,
Divine
,
Just
,
Our
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
Joseph Addison
Nature
,
Change
,
Man
,
Fool
,
Ride
,
Men
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.
Joseph Addison
Morality
,
Authority
,
Say
,
Ground
,
Fact
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
Joseph Addison
Truth
,
Man
,
Stupid
,
Virtue
,
Own
,
Side
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!
Joseph Addison
Man
,
Red
,
Greatness
,
Hidden
,
Country
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.
Joseph Addison
Imperfection
,
Perfect
,
Quiet
,
Gentle
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.
Joseph Addison
Life
,
Nature
,
Man
,
Grief
,
Enough
,
Cruel
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