Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris … - Joseph Addison

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To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other.

Joseph Addison

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station.

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I have often thought, says Sir Roger, it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of Winter.

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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.

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