The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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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...

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of...

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of...

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments...

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments...

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...

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...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

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...

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

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

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

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...

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...

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single...

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single...

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start...

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start...