I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
No man writes a book without meaning something, though he may not have the faculty of writing consequentially and expressing his meaning. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Were a man's sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life, it would generally be found that he had… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Why will any man be so impertinently officious as to tell me all prospect of a future state is only fancy and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
An indiscreet man is more hurtful than an ill-natured one; for as the latter will only attack his enemies, and those he… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
To look upon the soul as going on from strength to strength, to consider that she is to shine forever with new… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it, and when it is only a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world.… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Nothing makes a woman more esteemed by the opposite sex than chastity; whether it be that we always prize those most who… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Should a writer single out and point his raillery at particular persons, or satirize the miserable, he might be sure of pleasing… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted.… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share
There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
Female Virtues are of a Domestick turn. The Family is the proper Province for Private Women to Shine in. If they must be showing… — Joseph Addison Copy Share
As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply… — Joseph Addison Copy Share
When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The woman that deliberates is lost. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief… — Joseph Addison Copy Share
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts;… — Joseph Addison Copy Share
The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener. — Joseph Addison Copy Share
