There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself;… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There is no passion that is not finely expressed in those parts of the inspired writings which are proper for divine songs… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire… — 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
Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is indeed very possible, that the Persons we laugh at may in the main of their Characters be much wiser Men… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A man governs himself by the dictates of virtue and good sense, who acts without zeal or passion in points that are… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Every one knows the veneration which was paid by the Jews to a name so great, wonderful, and holy. They would not… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with… — 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
Virgil has very finely touched upon the female passion for dress and shows, in the character of Camilla; who though she seems… — 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 Image
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 Image
There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
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 Image
As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
