Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there...

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills...

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a...

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a...

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all...

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all...

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.