There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
JOSEPH ADDISONI never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
-
-
Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Encourage innocent amusement.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
JOSEPH ADDISON -
There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Content thyself to be obscurely good.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
JOSEPH ADDISON -
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Jesters do often prove prophets.
JOSEPH ADDISON