Nothing makes a woman more esteemed by the opposite sex than chastity; whether it be that we always prize those most who… — 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
It is always to be understood that a lady takes all you detract from the rest of her sex to be a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I have often reflected within myself on this unaccountable humor in womankind of being smitten with everything that is showy and superficial,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light, and therefore it is no wonder… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It has been said in praise of some men, that they could take whole hours together upon anything; but it must be… — 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
