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

Quote by Joseph Addison

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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it...

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it...

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.

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

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

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...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Through all eternity to thee, a joyful song I'll raise; for oh! Eternity's too short...

Through all eternity to thee, a joyful song I'll raise; for oh! Eternity's too short...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

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...

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...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when...

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...

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

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

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

Never worry about when what you do isn't enough for someone. You doing your best...

Never worry about when what you do isn't enough for someone. You doing your best...

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My...

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My...