"The talent of turning men into ridicule, and……" — Joseph Addison
"The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers."
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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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More Converses Quotes
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
— Honore de Balzac
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Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest…
— Joseph Addison
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The friend of silence comes close to God. In secret he converses with him and receives his light.
— John Climacus
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Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.
— Lord Chesterfield
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There is a moment in the history of every nation, when . . . the perceptive powers reach their ripeness…
— Marsilio Ficino
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It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with…
— Isaac Barrow
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Matter feels, converses, suffers, desires, yearns and remembers
— Karen Barad
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I think it is not very difficult to discern by the duties and converses of Christians, what frames their spirits…
— John Flavel
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In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule…
— Agatha Christie
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Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.
— William Temple
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I love converses they are the only shoes I wear
— Slowly_fading
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Converses buddies!:)
— Broken Soul
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