"If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces……" — Joseph Addison
"If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for."
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Joseph Addison
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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