A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the g…

Joseph Addison
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A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.
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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. ✨ Joseph Addison (1729). The spectator, p.35
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1810). The Spectator, p.20
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1822). The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes, p.378
Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1854). The Spectator: with a biographical and critical preface, … ▶
There is no defence against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph. ✨ The Works of Joseph Addison.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

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