Quotes by Joseph Addison about Man

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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Quote by Joseph Addison about 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 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 man

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

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 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 man

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 man

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing...

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one...

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

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 utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

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 man

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Quote by Joseph Addison about man