Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Quote by Joseph Addison about wish, people
Quotes by Joseph Addison, page 3
79 quotes by Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison - english Writer
Was born on 01 may 1672.
Died on 17 jun 1719, at 47 years old.
Died on 17 jun 1719, at 47 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Quote by Joseph Addison about tools, good, good luck, life
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
Quote by Joseph Addison about prosperity
Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
Quote by Joseph Addison about talking, thinking, nothing
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
Quote by Joseph Addison about man
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
Quote by Joseph Addison about good, good luck, praise, common sense, sense, nature, truth
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
Quote by Joseph Addison about destruction, fear, death, people
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Quote by Joseph Addison about joy, friendship, secret, human imperfections, life
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Quote by Joseph Addison about immortality, celebrity, stars, youth, sun, age, olderness, nature
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
Quote by Joseph Addison about humility, wealth, youth, good, good luck
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.
Quote by Joseph Addison about immortality, mind, union, word, secret, life
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Quote by Joseph Addison about knowledge, nothing, man
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
Quote by Joseph Addison about heads, nature, things
There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
Quote by Joseph Addison about affair, nothing
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
Quote by Joseph Addison about beauty, soul, nothing
