Quote by Joseph Addison
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of o

True happiness 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

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. – Joseph Addison

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Sky & Clouds
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. – Joseph Addison

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Friendship
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Hope calculates its scenes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin and dishonor. – Joseph Addison

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Hope
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Friendship
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At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation. – Li Peng

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Friendship

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Friendship

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just dont know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do. – Marion Cotillard

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Friendship

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. – Donna Roberts

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Friendship

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. – Henry Van Dyke

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The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do. – Proverb

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work

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams

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There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works. – Charley Lau

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