Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

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...

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

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.

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

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

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

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me...

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me...

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

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.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to...

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...

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...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.