Quotes about Life by Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison English Writer

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

Quote by Joseph Addison about life

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 life

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

Quote by Joseph Addison about life

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

Quote by Joseph Addison about life

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 life

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 life

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 life

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 life

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 life