Joseph Addison Quotes (64 quotations)
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26. It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph. - Joseph Addison
27. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. - Joseph Addison
28. Jesters do often prove prophets. - Joseph Addison
29. Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies. - Joseph Addison
30. Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life. - Joseph Addison
31. Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. - Joseph Addison
32. 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
33. Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. - Joseph Addison
34. No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. - Joseph Addison
35. Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. - Joseph Addison
36. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object or to grasp at anything that is too big for it's capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them. - Joseph Addison
37. Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. - Joseph Addison
38. Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. - Joseph Addison
39. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison
40. Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. - Joseph Addison
41. Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. - Joseph Addison
42. Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man. - Joseph Addison
43. The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnamity of the rich. - Joseph Addison
44. The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures. - Joseph Addison
45. The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison
46. 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
47. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. - Joseph Addison
48. The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. - Joseph Addison
49. The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life...Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality. - Joseph Addison
50. There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness; and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Though a man has all other perfections and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life. - Joseph Addison
27. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. - Joseph Addison
28. Jesters do often prove prophets. - Joseph Addison
29. Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies. - Joseph Addison
30. Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life. - Joseph Addison
31. Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. - Joseph Addison
32. 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
33. Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. - Joseph Addison
34. No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. - Joseph Addison
35. Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. - Joseph Addison
36. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object or to grasp at anything that is too big for it's capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them. - Joseph Addison
37. Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. - Joseph Addison
38. Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. - Joseph Addison
39. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison
40. Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. - Joseph Addison
41. Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. - Joseph Addison
42. Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man. - Joseph Addison
43. The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnamity of the rich. - Joseph Addison
44. The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures. - Joseph Addison
45. The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison
46. 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
47. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. - Joseph Addison
48. The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. - Joseph Addison
49. The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life...Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality. - Joseph Addison
50. There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness; and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. Though a man has all other perfections and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life. - Joseph Addison
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