If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

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...

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes...

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and...

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily...

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily...

The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

I've been in relationships, but I'd rather be alone. If a guy can't treat me...

I've been in relationships, but I'd rather be alone. If a guy can't treat me...

Ah, yes, Divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a mans genitals through...

Ah, yes, Divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a mans genitals through...