"Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man." — Joseph Addison

"Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man."

— Joseph Addison

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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison has 324 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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…

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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a… — Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short… — Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle

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