True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise
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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.Joseph Addison
The Gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw our into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.
Joseph Addison
Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
Joseph Addison
From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life where there is a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas, and by frequent exercise of its powers, the understanding gains fresh vigor.
Joseph Addison
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Joseph Addison
This Mr Dryden calls the fairy way of writing'.
Joseph Addison
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