Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Joseph Addison quotes, Joseph Addison sayings, and Joseph Addison proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
He who hesitates is lost. Joseph Addison
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Sweet are the slumbers of a virtuous man. Joseph Addison
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.Joseph Addison
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.Joseph Addison
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Gratitude is the best attitude. There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance.Joseph Addison
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty.Joseph Addison
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There is no defense against criticism except obscurity.Joseph Addison
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.Joseph Addison
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. Joseph Addison
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. Joseph Addison
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.Joseph Addison
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True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.Joseph Addison
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.Joseph Addison
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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.Joseph Addison
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.Joseph Addison
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.Joseph Addison
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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
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.Joseph Addison
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.Joseph Addison
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Colors speak all languages.Joseph Addison
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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.Joseph Addison
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Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigour.Joseph Addison
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Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.Joseph Addison
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Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.Joseph Addison
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Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.Joseph Addison
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.Joseph Addison
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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
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.Joseph Addison
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Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward.Joseph Addison
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.Joseph Addison