"Music raises in the mind of the hearer……" — Joseph Addison
"Music raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions: it strengthens and advances praise into rapture."
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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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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word…
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors…
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I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse…
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The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift…
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Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.
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Hail to the chief in triumph advances.
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I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind…
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country…
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As God's child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord's time is as important as the Lord's will. Do…
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