"Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly……" — Joseph Addison
"Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another."
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
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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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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,…
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
— Karen Armstrong
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for,…
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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious…
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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