A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
Quote by Joseph Addison about politics, influence, day
Quotes by Joseph Addison
79 quotes by Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison, English Writer
Was born on 01 may 1672. Died on 17 jun 1719, at 47 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
Quote by Joseph Addison about mind, world, man
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Quote by Joseph Addison about modesty, talent, man
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
Quote by Joseph Addison about people, virtue, truth, man
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
Quote by Joseph Addison about marriage, clothes, advice, woman
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Quote by Joseph Addison about admiration
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
Quote by Joseph Addison about talking, people, man
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
Quote by Joseph Addison about animals, wisdom, man
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Quote by Joseph Addison about body, mind
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
Quote by Joseph Addison about courage, duty, common sense, sense, man
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
Quote by Joseph Addison about curiosity, pleasure, imagination, idea, soul
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
Quote by Joseph Addison about miracle
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
Quote by Joseph Addison about old, olderness, day
I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein...
Quote by Joseph Addison about education, body, soul, human imperfections
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Quote by Joseph Addison about value, being
