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> [A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-person-may-be-qualified-to-do-greater-good-to-mankind-and-become/)

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> [We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/we-cannot-be-guilty-of-a-greater-act-of-uncharitableness-than-to/)

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> [If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-we-hope-for-what-we-are-not-likely-to-possess-we-act-and-think-in/)

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> [I never knew a critic who made it his business to lash the faults of other writers that was not guilty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/i-never-knew-a-critic-who-made-it-his-business-to-lash-the-faults-of/)

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> [Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/supposing-all-the-great-points-of-atheism-were-formed-into-a-kind-of/)

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

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> [There are greater depths and obscurities, greater intricacies and perplexities, in an elaborate and well-written piece of nonsense, than in the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-are-greater-depths-and-obscurities-greater-intricacies-and/)

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> [It must be a prospect pleasing to God Himself to see His creation forever beautifying in His eyes, and drawing nearer Him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-must-be-a-prospect-pleasing-to-god-himself-to-see-his-creation/)

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

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> [Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/dependence-is-a-perpetual-call-upon-humanity-and-a-greater-incitement/)

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> [Musick is certainly a very agreeable Entertainment, but if it would take the entire Possession of our Ears, if it would make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/musick-is-certainly-a-very-agreeable-entertainment-but-if-it-would/)

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> [One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/one-would-think-that-the-larger-the-company-is-in-which-we-are/)

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> [There is sometimes a greater judgement shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them; and?there ismore beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-sometimes-a-greater-judgement-shewn-in-deviating-from-the/)

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> [Though there is a benevolence due to all mankind, none can question but a superior degree of it is to be paid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/though-there-is-a-benevolence-due-to-all-mankind-none-can-question/)

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> [I would fain ask one of these bigotted Infidels, supposing all the great Points of Atheism... were laid together and formed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/i-would-fain-ask-one-of-these-bigotted-infidels-supposing-all-the/)

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

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> [A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-man-s-first-care-should-be-to-avoid-the-reproaches-of-his-own-heart-3/)

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> [The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-knight-in-the-triumph-of-his-heart-made-several-6-reflections-on/)

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> [There is no greater sign of a bad cause, than when the patrons of it are reduced to the necessity of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-no-greater-sign-of-a-bad-cause-than-when-the-patrons-of-it/)

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## Other authors on Greater

## 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/)

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