JOSEPH ADDISON QUOTES III

English essayist, poet & playwright (1672-1719)


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Take a brute out of his instinct, and you find him wholly deprived of understanding.

JOSEPH ADDISON
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"Instinct in Animals"


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Tags: instinct


A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Cato

Tags: liberty


Rais'd of themselves, their genuine charms they boast
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Campaign

Tags: painting


The spacious firmament on nigh,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Forever singing, as they shine,
The hand that made us is divine.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Ode: The Spacious Firmament on High

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When all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view I'm lost,
In wonder, love and praise.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Hymn

Tags: mercy


A common civility to an impertinent fellow, often draws upon one a great many unforeseen troubles; and if one doth not take particular care, will be interpreted by him as an overture of friendship and intimacy.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Tatler, Apr. 18, 1710


It is an unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions, at some laudable end.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator: In Eight Volumes, Volume 3

Tags: intentions


The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Guardian, No. 161

Tags: honor


When I consider the question, whether there are such persons in the world as those we call witches? my mind is divided between the two opposite opinions; or rather (to speak my thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as witchcraft; but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator, No. 117

Tags: witchcraft


Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Campaign

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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Cato

Tags: nature


Poverty palls the most generous spirits; it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair.

JOSEPH ADDISON

attributed, Day's Collacon

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

JOSEPH ADDISON

Cato

Tags: youth, old age


Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator, Jul. 12, 1711

Tags: exercise


'Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul:
I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Cato

Tags: pride


Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator, Sep. 10, 1711

Tags: books, genius


And even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labour under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him; but on the contrary, if they fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him, though they might raise the reputation of another, they are a diminution to his.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator, No. 256

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Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator, Sep. 13, 1711


Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Guardian, Jul. 4, 1713

Tags: justice


Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Spectator, Nov. 24, 1711

Tags: modesty, virtue