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Joseph Addison


English
May 1, 1672
Writer
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The post of honour is a private station.


Joseph Addison
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.


Joseph Addison
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.


Joseph Addison
Tags: More Than Being
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Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.


Joseph Addison
Tags: Than Better Die
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.


Joseph Addison
Tags: Music Being Well
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.


Joseph Addison
Tags: Beauty More Than
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I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.


Joseph Addison
Tags: Will Way Give
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.


Joseph Addison
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Joseph Addison
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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.


Joseph Addison
Tags: Good Great Life
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Always He Those
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Death Fear People
Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.
Joseph Addison
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Great Just Which
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Good Truth Nature
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.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Hope Think Really
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Joseph Addison
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Than Things World
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.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Patience Our Them
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.
Joseph Addison
Tags: Age Nature Years