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Joseph Addison Quotes

Joseph Addison quotes

English Writer May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719

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Joseph Addison quote: "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of..."
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to..."
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or..."
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. Joseph Addison
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his..."
A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this..."
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "Reading is to the mind what exerise is to the body."
Reading is to the mind what exerise is to the body. Joseph Addison
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin! Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent..."
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is..."
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch."
There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch. Joseph Addison
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
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison quote: "A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there..."
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. Joseph Addison

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