Maxioms by Joseph Addison
There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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.
Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
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Endless torments dwell above thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as read more
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.".
