There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
Quote by Joseph Addison about advice, nothing
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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
They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
Quote by Joseph Addison about money, people
Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.
Quote by Joseph Addison about love
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Quote by Joseph Addison about hope, happiness, love, life
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
Quote by Joseph Addison about pleasure, moment, man
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
Quote by Joseph Addison about atheism, measure, faith
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Quote by Joseph Addison about ability, glory, nature, man
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.
Quote by Joseph Addison about morality, authority
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Quote by Joseph Addison about joy, conversation, friendship, self-control, happiness
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.
Quote by Joseph Addison about country, death
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Quote by Joseph Addison about education, soul
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Quote by Joseph Addison about flowers, humanity, good, good luck, life
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Quote by Joseph Addison about circumstances, enemies, man
When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when you smile, it's so much sexier!
Quote by Joseph Addison about smile, sex
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
Quote by Joseph Addison about nation, prudence, people
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
Quote by Joseph Addison about olderness, age, old, man
A beautiful eye makes the silence eloquent, a benevolent eye transforms the contradiction into a gracious consent, an angry eye deforms the beauty. These small organs give life to every part of our being.
Quote by Joseph Addison about eyes, silence, beauty, being, life
