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Joseph Addison Quotes

Joseph Addison quotes

English Writer May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719

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Should the whole frame of nature round him break,In ruin and confusion hurled,He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack,And stand secure amidst a falling world. Joseph Addison
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. Joseph Addison
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
Joseph Addison quote: "Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven..."
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally..."
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the..."
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. Joseph Addison
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
Joseph Addison quote: "To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to..."
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil,..."
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. Joseph Addison
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison
Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's..."
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a..."
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains..."
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. Joseph Addison
The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture. Joseph Addison

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