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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:35:53

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:35:00

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:34:11

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:33:46

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:33:21

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:32:59

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure, but scattered along the life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Topics: Humanity Smiles Sunshine Flowers Scattered Pathway Inconceivable

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:32:29

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:31:58

Gratitude is the best attitude. There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance.

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Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-19 18:31:26

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century. More on Wikipedia