Joseph Addison's Quotes

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their...

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem...

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles,...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the...

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination,...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do,...

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and...

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the...

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self,...

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend,...

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has...

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have...

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