A Quote by Joseph Addison

Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes. — © Joseph Addison
Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.

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The everlasting quotation-lover dotes on the husks of learning.
O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet fondly loves!
We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).
Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.
Nature is one of the best antidotes to fear.
You certainly can't prevent all mental health problems - factors like genetics and traumatic life events certainly play a role. But everyone can take steps to improve their mental health and prevent further mental illness.
Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.
For example, in Vitamin K, the clotting proteins get it first... and only after they're satisfied do you prevent calcification of the arteries, or prevent cancer, or prevent bone fractures. It's all insidious damage that you get that's a long term consequence. In fact, we call these the diseases of aging.
Effective teamwork will not take the place of knowing how to do the job or how to manage the work. Poor teamwork, however, can prevent effective final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member of a team and the organization.
Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.
No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.
We spend our lives in front of screens, and cooking is one of the best antidotes.
Everyone is different. We all suffer from the disease of being human. There are a thousand cures but no antidotes.
I believe we can prevent or delay most disease until the 9th or 10th decade. The goal is to prevent anything that can affect your quality of life prior to those years! By the time many of us get to the 9th or 10th decade, who knows where the new medical and science will take us? I am an optimist!
The name of medicine is thought to have been given from 'moderation', modus, that is, from a due proportion, which advises that things be done not to excess, but 'little by little', paulatim. For nature is pained by surfeit but rejoices in moderation. Whence also those who take drugs and antidotes constantly, or to the point of saturation, are sorely vexed, for every immoderation brings not health but danger.
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