"Plenty of people wish to become devout, but……" — Joseph Addison
"Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble."
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
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- Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
- Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
- Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
- If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
- Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable…
- To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism…
- A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
- It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
- The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
- True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…