A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
JOSEPH ADDISONMan is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
More Joseph Addison Quotes
-
-
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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 -
Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
JOSEPH ADDISON