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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Quote by Joseph Addison about music, nothing, being

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

Quote by Joseph Addison about power, mind, nothing, man

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

Quote by Joseph Addison about laughter, pleasure, good, good luck, life

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Quote by Joseph Addison about patience, real estate

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Quote by Joseph Addison about wish, people

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Quote by Joseph Addison about tools, good, good luck, life

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Quote by Joseph Addison about body, mind

See in what peace a Christian can die.

Quote by Joseph Addison about christianity, peace, death

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 most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

Quote by Joseph Addison about hunger

The post of honour is a private station.

Quote by Joseph Addison about honour

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 unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

Quote by Joseph Addison