Joseph Addison Quotes
1672 – 1719
English essayist, poet and politician, co-founder of 'The Spectator' and author of the tragedy 'Cato' (1713).
21 quotesAbout Joseph Addison on Wikipedia
“'Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.”
“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise.”
“Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species.”
“I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.”
“Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.”
“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.”
“Discretion is a perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.”
“Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.”
“Some virtues are only seen in affliction and some in prosperity.”
“Death only closes a man's reputation, and determines it as good or bad.”
“Upon the whole, a contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”
“A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.”
“Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below.”
“There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.”
“Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.”
