"Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,……" — Joseph Addison
"Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unaveng'd amongst us!"
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison has 324 quotes on this site.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable…
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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism…
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
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I am above the forest region, amongst grand rocks & such a torrent as you see in Salvator Rosa's paintings…
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When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them…
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And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul's breath:…
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He came amongst his own and his own received him not, and it hurt him then and it has kept…
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A white crowned night sparrow sings as the moon sets. Thunder growls far off. Our campfire is a single light.…
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