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May Quotes by Joseph Addison
- Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common…
- He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when…
- If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth,…
- There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each…
- Plutarch has written an essay on the benefits which a man may receive from his enemies; and among the good fruits of enmity, mentions this…
- I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections…
- The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may…
- Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind.
- But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind.
- An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an…
- Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big…
- Though a man cannot abstain from being weak, he may from being vicious.
- An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man…
- O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts, If I have done amiss, impute it not! The best may…
- Among the writers of antiquity there are none who instruct us more openly in the manners of their respective times in which they lived than…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong