Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
Joseph Addison
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by t... JOSEPH ADDISON I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to
achieve immortality through not dyin... JOSEPH ADDISON The stars shall fade away, the sun himself
Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,
But th... JOSEPH ADDISON Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. JOSEPH ADDISON A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. JOSEPH ADDISON The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good na... JOSEPH ADDISON 'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius,--
We'll deserve it. JOSEPH ADDISON Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man! JOSEPH ADDISON Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country. JOSEPH ADDISON Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly. JOSEPH ADDISON If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he ... JOSEPH ADDISON My voice is still for war. JOSEPH ADDISON Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul,
Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee,
Bright... JOSEPH ADDISON Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both. JOSEPH ADDISON Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath... JOSEPH ADDISON Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and
essentially raises one man above anothe... JOSEPH ADDISON There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. JOSEPH ADDISON Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind. JOSEPH ADDISON The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and somethi... JOSEPH ADDISON Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and somet... JOSEPH ADDISON The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has s... JOSEPH ADDISON Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
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JOSEPH ADDISON What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul. JOSEPH ADDISON Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both. JOSEPH ADDISON Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blacke... JOSEPH ADDISON There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which... JOSEPH ADDISON We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull. JOSEPH ADDISON Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. JOSEPH ADDISON An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred ... JOSEPH ADDISON Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. JOSEPH ADDISON Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot... 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JOSEPH ADDISON We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as thoug... JOSEPH ADDISON Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generati... JOSEPH ADDISON There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty. JOSEPH ADDISON The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they ... JOSEPH ADDISON Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. JOSEPH ADDISON Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance wh... JOSEPH ADDISON If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far les... JOSEPH ADDISON Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable. JOSEPH ADDISON Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few ... JOSEPH ADDISON There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. JOSEPH ADDISON Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A ... JOSEPH ADDISON Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its obje... JOSEPH ADDISON Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity. JOSEPH ADDISON No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of... JOSEPH ADDISON A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. JOSEPH ADDISON There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a... JOSEPH ADDISON Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. JOSEPH ADDISON An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarre... JOSEPH ADDISON Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in
writing, provided a man would talk to... JOSEPH ADDISON It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with i... JOSEPH ADDISON The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these
great masters, is this, that they... JOSEPH ADDISON Much might be said on both sides. JOSEPH ADDISON Should the whole frame of nature round him break
In ruin and confusion hurled,
He, unconcerned... JOSEPH ADDISON Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour. JOSEPH ADDISON The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it
is only to be met with in minds wh... JOSEPH ADDISON Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to save our country! JOSEPH ADDISON O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
How can I see th... JOSEPH ADDISON Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
Endless... JOSEPH ADDISON Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue. JOSEPH ADDISON Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everythin... JOSEPH ADDISON It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentl... JOSEPH ADDISON When all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view I'm lost,
... JOSEPH ADDISON Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the li... JOSEPH ADDISON Let echo, too, perform her part,
Prolonging every note with art;
And in a low expiring strain,... JOSEPH ADDISON But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny an... JOSEPH ADDISON Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it JOSEPH ADDISON Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought!
Through what variety of untried being,
Through what... JOSEPH ADDISON A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit g... JOSEPH ADDISON Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenit... JOSEPH ADDISON Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. JOSEPH ADDISON There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a
nation, than a want of zeal in its inhab... JOSEPH ADDISON My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me. JOSEPH ADDISON I will indulge my sorrows, and give way
To all the pangs and fury of despair. JOSEPH ADDISON When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has wri... JOSEPH ADDISON Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its obj... JOSEPH ADDISON Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its obje... JOSEPH ADDISON I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds. JOSEPH ADDISON Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,
And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us! JOSEPH ADDISON There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabi... JOSEPH ADDISON If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less ... JOSEPH ADDISON And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most. JOSEPH ADDISON Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved, strength... JOSEPH ADDISON In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our
duty. JOSEPH ADDISON Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty. JOSEPH ADDISON The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
The great, ... JOSEPH ADDISON When love once pleads admission to our hearts,
(In spite of all the virtue we can boast),
The ... JOSEPH ADDISON On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait,
And from your judgment must expect my fate. JOSEPH ADDISON They consume a considerable quantity of our paper manufacture,
employ our artisans in printing, and... JOSEPH ADDISON The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a
proper method to catch the reader's ey... JOSEPH ADDISON I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this
paper to be punctually served up, ... JOSEPH ADDISON Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
they are instruments of ambition. ... JOSEPH ADDISON Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the ... JOSEPH ADDISON It must be so--Plato, thou reasonest well!--
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
... JOSEPH ADDISON A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censu... JOSEPH ADDISON The love of a family is life's greatest blessing JOSEPH ADDISON When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman. JOSEPH ADDISON Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. JOSEPH ADDISON Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of
obtaining it, and the danger of losing ... JOSEPH ADDISON The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath the... JOSEPH ADDISON Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands. JOSEPH ADDISON Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and he... JOSEPH ADDISON Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. JOSEPH ADDISON A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. JOSEPH ADDISON If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, ca... JOSEPH ADDISON How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it JOSEPH ADDISON Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul w... JOSEPH ADDISON The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures a... JOSEPH ADDISON The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou sha... JOSEPH ADDISON A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. JOSEPH ADDISON I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. JOSEPH ADDISON Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. JOSEPH ADDISON Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. JOSEPH ADDISON Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. JOSEPH ADDISON Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if na... JOSEPH ADDISON Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us ... JOSEPH ADDISON A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants. JOSEPH ADDISON Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell abou... JOSEPH ADDISON It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle... JOSEPH ADDISON What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattere... JOSEPH ADDISON Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. JOSEPH ADDISON I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fru... JOSEPH ADDISON I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot r... JOSEPH ADDISON What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattere... JOSEPH ADDISON To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great tru... JOSEPH ADDISON True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, fr... JOSEPH ADDISON The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon ... JOSEPH ADDISON Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. JOSEPH ADDISON A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed ... JOSEPH ADDISON O ye powers that search
The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,
If I have done amiss,... JOSEPH ADDISON From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow. JOSEPH ADDISON I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them f... JOSEPH ADDISON And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. JOSEPH ADDISON Yet then from all my grief, O Lord,
Thy mercy set me free,
Whilst in the confidence of pray'r
... JOSEPH ADDISON It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. ... JOSEPH ADDISON To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, ... JOSEPH ADDISON Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. JOSEPH ADDISON