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Joseph Addison | happiness

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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Joseph Addison | happiness

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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Joseph Addison | great

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

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Joseph Addison | great

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

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Joseph Addison | great

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

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Joseph Addison | great

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

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Joseph Addison | friendship

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

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friendship Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison | friendship

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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Fear Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison | fear

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

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Faith Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison | faith

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

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