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title: "29 Persons Quotes By Joseph Addison"
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> [It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-odd-to-consider-the-connection-between-despotism-and-barbarity/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-fine-coat-is-but-a-livery-when-the-person-who-wears-it-discovers-no/)

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> [Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/jealousy-is-that-pain-which-a-man-feels-from-the-apprehension-that-he/)

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> [How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/how-is-it-possible-for-those-who-are-men-of-honor-in-their-persons/)

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> [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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> [It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-wonderful-to-see-persons-of-sense-passing-away-a-dozen-hours/)

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> [A man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for prudence and virtue, than by the finest rules and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-man-improves-more-by-reading-the-story-of-a-person-eminent-for/)

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> [The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-person-who-has-a-firm-trust-in-the-supreme-being-is-powerful-in/)

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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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> [It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-folly-for-an-eminent-man-to-think-of-escaping-censure-and-a/)

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> [Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him; and we seldom hear of a celebrated person without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/our-admiration-of-a-famous-man-lessens-upon-our-nearer-acquaintance/)

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> [Good Nature, and Evenness of Temper, will give you an easie Companion for Life; Vertue and good Sense, an agreeable Friend; Love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/good-nature-and-evenness-of-temper-will-give-you-an-easie-companion/)

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> [A few persons of an odious and despised country could not have filled the world with believers, had they not shown undoubted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-few-persons-of-an-odious-and-despised-country-could-not-have-filled/)

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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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> [The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-end-of-a-man-s-life-is-often-compared-to-the-winding-up-of-a-well/)

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> [Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/even-the-greatest-actions-of-a-celebrated-person-labor-under-this/)

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> [It generally takes its rise either from an ill-will to mankind, a private inclination to make ourselves esteemed, an ostentation of wit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-generally-takes-its-rise-either-from-an-ill-will-to-mankind-a/)

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> [Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/two-persons-who-have-chosen-each-other-out-of-all-the-species-with-a/)

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> [In the founders of great families, titles or attributes of honor are generally correspondent with the virtues of the person to whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/in-the-founders-of-great-families-titles-or-attributes-of-honor-are/)

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> [It is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-very-wonderful-to-see-persons-of-the-best-sense-passing-hours/)

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> [Nothing makes a woman more esteemed by the opposite sex than chastity; whether it be that we always prize those most who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/nothing-makes-a-woman-more-esteemed-by-the-opposite-sex-than-chastity/)

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> [When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? My Mind is divided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/when-i-consider-the-question-whether-there-are-such-persons-in-the/)

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> [Persons in great stations have seldom their true character drawn till several years after their death. Their personal friendships and enmities must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/persons-in-great-stations-have-seldom-their-true-character-drawn-till/)

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> [I think a Person who is thus terrified with the Imagination of Ghosts and Spectres much more reasonable, than one who contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/i-think-a-person-who-is-thus-terrified-with-the-imagination-of-ghosts/)

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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 English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/the-english-writers-of-tragedy-are-possessed-with-a-notion-that-when/)

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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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> [It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/it-is-easier-for-an-artful-man-who-is-not-in-love-to-persuade-his/)

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> [When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/when-a-woman-comes-to-her-class-she-does-not-employ-her-time-in/)

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## Other authors on Persons

## 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/)

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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/)

[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/)

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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/)

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                        "text": "When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? My Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.",
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                        "text": "Persons in great stations have seldom their true character drawn till several years after their death. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunities of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.",
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                        "text": "I think a Person who is thus terrified with the Imagination of Ghosts and Spectres much more reasonable, than one who contrary to the Reports of all Historians sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the Traditions of all Nations, thinks the Appearance of Spirits fabulous and groundless.",
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