Joseph Addison

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch. ↗

— 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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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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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

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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

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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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