Nothing that is not a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs. — 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
