More quotes by Joseph Addison
Keep up the loud harmonious song,
And imitate the blest above,
In joy, and harmony, and love.
'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
We are growing serious, and,
Let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.
Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species.
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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.
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