The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.
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It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.Joseph Addison
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Joseph Addison
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: "What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me."
Joseph Addison
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
Joseph Addison
The post of honour is a private station.
Joseph Addison
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
Joseph Addison
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