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Sometimes duplicity and treason are markers of the enemy, and sometimes, the failed intention of a masterful ally. But, nevertheless, as they burden you with a vexing brand of love, they become nothing more than the kiss of Judas, pressing a crown of thorns into your flesh.


Addison Moore

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JOSEPH ADDISON Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, Hast thou more of pain or pleasure! . . . . Endless...
JOSEPH ADDISON Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.
JOSEPH ADDISON Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everythin...
JOSEPH ADDISON It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentl...
JOSEPH ADDISON When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, ...
JOSEPH ADDISON Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the li...
JOSEPH ADDISON Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain,...
JOSEPH ADDISON But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny an...
JOSEPH ADDISON Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it
JOSEPH ADDISON Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what...
JOSEPH ADDISON A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit g...
JOSEPH ADDISON Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenit...
JOSEPH ADDISON Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
JOSEPH ADDISON There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhab...
JOSEPH ADDISON My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
JOSEPH ADDISON I will indulge my sorrows, and give way To all the pangs and fury of despair.
JOSEPH ADDISON When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has wri...
JOSEPH ADDISON Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its obj...
JOSEPH ADDISON Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its obje...
JOSEPH ADDISON I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds.
JOSEPH ADDISON Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!
JOSEPH ADDISON There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabi...
JOSEPH ADDISON If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less ...
JOSEPH ADDISON And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
JOSEPH ADDISON Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strength...
JOSEPH ADDISON In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
JOSEPH ADDISON Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.
JOSEPH ADDISON The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, ...
JOSEPH ADDISON When love once pleads admission to our hearts, (In spite of all the virtue we can boast), The ...
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