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Joseph Addison Quotes

There is no defense against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness Picture Quote #1

I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent Picture Quote #1

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it Picture Quote #1

A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer Picture Quote #1

An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of doing what he pleases with impunity, you extinguish his fear, and consequently overturn in him one of the great pillars of morality Picture Quote #1

Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view Picture Quote #1

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The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons still act in character, whatever the fate in which they undergo Picture Quote #1

Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse Picture Quote #1

Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the other Picture Quote #1

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity Picture Quote #1

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter Picture Quote #1

Music raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions: it strengthens and advances praise into rapture Picture Quote #1

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I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike Picture Quote #1

The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader’s eye; without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt Picture Quote #1

One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master Picture Quote #1

When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like Picture Quote #1

Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life Picture Quote #1

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature Picture Quote #1

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We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments Picture Quote #1

Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than is necessary for the preservation of the young? Picture Quote #1

There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings Picture Quote #1

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them Picture Quote #1

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another Picture Quote #1

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves Picture Quote #1

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Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments Picture Quote #1

There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man’s reputation. Lampoons and satires that are written with wit and spirit are like poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable Picture Quote #1

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage Picture Quote #1

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life Picture Quote #1

Beauty commonly produces love, but cleanliness preserves it. Age itself is not unamiable while it is preserved clean and unsullied; like a piece of metal constantly kept smooth and bright, we look on it with more pleasure than on a new vessel cankered with rust Picture Quote #1

It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or science, which have not been touched upon by others. We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights Picture Quote #1

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There is no defense against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness (Joseph Addison Quotes) I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent (Joseph Addison Quotes) They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it (Joseph Addison Quotes) A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer (Joseph Addison Quotes) An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of doing what he pleases with impunity, you extinguish his fear, and consequently overturn in him one of the great pillars of morality (Joseph Addison Quotes) Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view (Joseph Addison Quotes) The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons still act in character, whatever the fate in which they undergo (Joseph Addison Quotes) Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse (Joseph Addison Quotes) Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the other (Joseph Addison Quotes) Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity (Joseph Addison Quotes) Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter (Joseph Addison Quotes) Music raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions: it strengthens and advances praise into rapture (Joseph Addison Quotes) I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike (Joseph Addison Quotes) The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader’s eye; without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt (Joseph Addison Quotes) One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master (Joseph Addison Quotes) When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like (Joseph Addison Quotes) Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life (Joseph Addison Quotes) A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature (Joseph Addison Quotes) We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments (Joseph Addison Quotes) Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than is necessary for the preservation of the young? (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings (Joseph Addison Quotes) Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them (Joseph Addison Quotes) Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another (Joseph Addison Quotes) The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves (Joseph Addison Quotes) Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man’s reputation. Lampoons and satires that are written with wit and spirit are like poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable (Joseph Addison Quotes) Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage (Joseph Addison Quotes) Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life (Joseph Addison Quotes) Beauty commonly produces love, but cleanliness preserves it. Age itself is not unamiable while it is preserved clean and unsullied; like a piece of metal constantly kept smooth and bright, we look on it with more pleasure than on a new vessel cankered with rust (Joseph Addison Quotes) It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or science, which have not been touched upon by others. We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights (Joseph Addison Quotes)

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