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title: "39 Ifs Quotes By Joseph Addison"
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> [I should think myself a very bad woman, if I had done what I do for a farthing less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/i-should-think-myself-a-very-bad-woman-if-i-had-done-what-i-do-for-a/)

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> [If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-ridicule-were-employed-to-laugh-men-out-of-vice-and-folly-it-might/)

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> [If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-there-s-a-power-above-us-and-that-there-is-all-nature-cries-aloud/)

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> [If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-you-wish-success-in-life-make-perseverance-your-bosom-friend/)

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> [If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-our-zeal-were-true-and-genuine-we-should-be-much-more-angry-with-a/)

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> [The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-english-delight-in-silence-more-than-any-other-european-nation-if/)

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> [The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-only-way-therefore-to-try-a-piece-of-wit-is-to-translate-it-into/)

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> [Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/though-a-man-has-all-other-perfections-and-wants-discretion-he-will/)

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> [Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/others-proclaim-the-infirmities-of-a-great-man-with-satisfaction-and/)

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> [If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-men-of-eminence-are-exposed-to-censure-on-one-hand-they-are-as/)

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> [O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts, If I have done amiss, impute it not!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/o-ye-powers-that-search-the-heart-of-man-and-weigh-his-inmost/)

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> [A common civility to an impertinent fellow, often draws upon one a great many unforeseen troubles; and if one doth not take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-common-civility-to-an-impertinent-fellow-often-draws-upon-one-a/)

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

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> [Should a writer single out and point his raillery at particular persons, or satirize the miserable, he might be sure of pleasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/should-a-writer-single-out-and-point-his-raillery-at-particular/)

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> [One hope no sooner dies in us but another rises up in its stead. We are apt to fancy that we shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/one-hope-no-sooner-dies-in-us-but-another-rises-up-in-its-stead-we/)

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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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> [I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/i-have-often-thought-if-the-minds-of-men-were-laid-open-we-should-see/)

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> [The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-discreet-man-finds-out-the-talents-of-those-he-converses-with-and/)

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> [Content has a kindly influence on the soul of man, in respect of every being to whom he stands related. It extinguishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/content-has-a-kindly-influence-on-the-soul-of-man-in-respect-of-every/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/every-wife-ought-to-answer-for-her-man-if-the-husband-be-engaged-in-a/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/female-virtues-are-of-a-domestick-turn-the-family-is-the-proper/)

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> [It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-a-celebrated-thought-of-socrates-that-if-all-the-misfortunes-of/)

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> [There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-a-kind-of-grandeur-and-respect-which-the-meanest-and-most/)

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> [The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-first-of-all-virtues-is-innocence-the-next-is-modesty-if-we/)

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> [I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/i-shall-endeavour-to-enliven-morality-with-wit-and-to-temper-wit-with/)

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> [We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/we-make-provisions-for-this-life-as-if-it-were-never-to-have-an-end/)

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> [Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/contentment-produces-in-some-measure-all-those-effects-which-the/)

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> [It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-certain-that-there-is-no-other-passion-which-does-produce-such/)

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> [If I can in any way contribute to the Diversion or Improvement of the Country in which I live, I shall leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-i-can-in-any-way-contribute-to-the-diversion-or-improvement-of-the/)

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> [A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-contented-mind-is-the-greatest-blessing-a-man-can-enjoy-in-this/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-utmost-we-can-hope-for-in-this-world-is-contentment-if-we-aim-at/)

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> [It is indeed very possible, that the Persons we laugh at may in the main of their Characters be much wiser Men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-indeed-very-possible-that-the-persons-we-laugh-at-may-in-the/)

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> [Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/hypocrisy-itself-does-great-honor-or-rather-justice-to-religion-and/)

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> [If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-gratitude-when-exerted-towards-another-naturally-produces-a-very/)

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> [Why will any man be so impertinently officious as to tell me all prospect of a future state is only fancy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/why-will-any-man-be-so-impertinently-officious-as-to-tell-me-all/)

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> [One would fancy that the zealots in atheism would be exempt from the single fault which seems to grow out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/one-would-fancy-that-the-zealots-in-atheism-would-be-exempt-from-the/)

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> [We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/we-find-that-good-and-evil-happen-alike-to-all-men-on-this-side-of/)

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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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> [If men, who in their hearts are friends to a government, forbear giving it their utmost assistance against its enemies, they put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-men-who-in-their-hearts-are-friends-to-a-government-forbear-giving/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/every-wife-ought-to-answer-for-her-man-if-the-husband-be-engaged-in-a/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/female-virtues-are-of-a-domestick-turn-the-family-is-the-proper/)

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> [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/)

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

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/when-love-once-pleads-admission-to-our-hearts-in-spite-of-all-the/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](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/)

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                        "text": "Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal of his candles on a rejoicing night, let her look to him and keep him out of harm's way; or the world will be apt to say, she has a mind to be a widow before her time. She ought, in such cases, to exert the authority of the curtain lecture; and if she finds him of a rebellious disposition, to tame him, as they do birds of prey, by dinning him in the ears all night long.",
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                        "text": "It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them by such a division. [as they realise their problems could be worse!]",
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