Quote by Joseph Addison
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude.

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. – Joseph Addison

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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

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True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ones self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. – Joseph Addison

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Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man. – Decimus Magnus Ausonius

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Remember Gods bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! – Henry Ward Beecher

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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. – François de La Rochefoucauld

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My socks may not match, but my feet are always warm. – Maureen McCullough

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