---
title: "2 Astonishment Quotes By Joseph Addison"
description: "2 Astonishment quotes by Joseph Addison. Plus more from Joseph Addison and more Astonishment sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-ma_1163758.png"
---

> [With what astonishment and veneration may we look into our own souls, where there are such hidden stores of virtue and knowledge, such inexhaustible sources of perfection. We know not yet what we shall be, nor will it ever enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-may-we-look-into-our-own-souls/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-ma_1163758.png)

> [When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/when-i-read-the-epitaphs-of-the-beautiful-every-inordinate-desire/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_when-i-read-the-epitaphs-of-the-beautifu_1977352.jpg)

## Other authors on Astonishment

- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by Joseph Addison

> [Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/half-the-misery-of-human-life-might-be-extinguished-if-men-would/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/every-wife-ought-to-answer-for-her-man-if-the-husband-be-engaged-in-a/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-nothing-touches-our-imagination-so-much-as-a-beautiful-woman/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/we-are-always-doing-something-for-posterity-but-i-would-fain-see/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [Female Virtues are of a Domestick turn. The Family is the proper Province for Private Women to Shine in. If they must be showing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/female-virtues-are-of-a-domestick-turn-the-family-is-the-proper/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/as-addictions-go-reading-is-among-the-cleanest-easiest-to-feed/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-no-society-or-conversation-to-be-kept-up-in-the-world/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The woman that deliberates is lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/when-love-once-pleads-admission-to-our-hearts-in-spite-of-all-the/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/many-actions-calculated-to-procure-fame-are-not-conducive-to-ultimate/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/t-is-liberty-crowns-britannia-s-isle-and-makes-her-barren-rocks-and/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/reading-is-a-basic-tool-in-the-living-of-a-good-life/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-moral-perfections-of-the-deity-the-more-attentively-we-consider/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-utmost-we-can-hope-for-in-this-world-is-contentment-if-we-aim-at/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/courage-that-grows-from-constitution-often-forsakes-a-man-when-he-has/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

> [The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-most-skillful-flattery-is-to-let-a-person-talk-on-and-be-a/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Astonishment Quotes By Joseph Addison",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "With what astonishment and veneration may we look into our own souls, where there are such hidden stores of virtue and knowledge, such inexhaustible sources of perfection. We know not yet what we shall be, nor will it ever enter into the heart to conceive the glory that will be always in reserve for it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Joseph Addison"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-may-we-look-into-our-own-souls/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-ma_1163758.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-ma_1163758.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-ma_1163758.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“With what astonishment and veneration may we look into our own souls, where there are such hidden stores of…” — Joseph Addison",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Joseph Addison"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/when-i-read-the-epitaphs-of-the-beautiful-every-inordinate-desire/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_when-i-read-the-epitaphs-of-the-beautifu_1977352.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_when-i-read-the-epitaphs-of-the-beautifu_1977352.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_when-i-read-the-epitaphs-of-the-beautifu_1977352.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of…” — Joseph Addison",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/",
            "name": "Astonishment Quotes by Joseph Addison",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-addison-377_astonishment_with-what-astonishment-and-veneration-ma_1163758.png"
            },
            "description": "2 Astonishment quotes by Joseph Addison. Plus more from Joseph Addison and more Astonishment sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Astonishment",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Joseph Addison",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/joseph-addison/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```