It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

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.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

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...

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...

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

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.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life......

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life......

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think...

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

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...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor,...

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor,...

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

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...

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.