Fine Quotes by Joseph Addison

8 Fine quotes by Joseph Addison

Addison’s classic prose shines in these eight concise observations on fine things. The language is polished and thoughtful, providing a refined glimpse into everyday elegance.

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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of…

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That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself;…

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The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds…

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Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers to it. Lovers, according…

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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for…

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A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light, and therefore it is no wonder…

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A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.

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Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.

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Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal…

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There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress.

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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

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Female Virtues are of a Domestick turn. The Family is the proper Province for Private Women to Shine in. If they must be showing…

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As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest.

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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…

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When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The woman that deliberates is lost.

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Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.

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T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.

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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

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The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.

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The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief…

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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts;…

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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.

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