To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

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 nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

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...

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...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

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

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

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

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...

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you...

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one...

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one...

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.