"Half the misery of human life might be……" — Joseph Addison
"Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity."
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Joseph Addison
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison has 324 quotes on this site.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable…
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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism…
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
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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…
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The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering,…
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to…
— Barbara Jordan
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As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional anguish, what…
— Aberjhani
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I would like to appeal to all those in whose hands the future of mankind lies, to use their power…
— Poul Hartling
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The good news is we have the technology and the tools to alleviate poverty on a global scale. All that…
— Natalie Portman
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Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I have spent most of my time worrying about things that have never happened. Worrying is not an action! In…
— Mark Twain
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Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for…
— Johann Arndt
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There are so many pressures that are put upon young women. Whatever we can do to alleviate that and help…
— Drew Barrymore
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In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company…
— John C. Dvorak
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In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of your own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the…
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