122 Quotations by Joseph Addison
- 101. There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
- 102. There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which ...
- 103. There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
- 104. There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty.
- 105. There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
- 106. They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
- 107. Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and somethi ...
- 108. To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusemen ...
- 109. To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
- 110. To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny ...
- 111. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place ...
- 112. True happiness...arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from ...
- 113. We are always doing, says he, "something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for u ...
- 114. We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull.
- 115. What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on hi ...
- 116. What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.
- 117. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
- 118. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scatter ...
- 119. When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when you smile, it' ...
- 120. With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
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