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Page 2Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Joseph Addison
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. Joseph Addison
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. Joseph Addison
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. Joseph Addison
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without. Joseph Addison
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. Joseph Addison
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. Joseph Addison
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny. Joseph Addison
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison
The post of honour is a private station. Joseph Addison
Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves. Joseph Addison
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. Joseph Addison
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. Joseph Addison