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"A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer."
- Joseph Addison. |
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"An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person."
- Joseph Addison, More quotation on Conceit. |
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"If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling."
- Joseph Addison. |
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"If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius."
- Joseph Addison, More quotation on Success. |
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"Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another."
- Joseph Addison. |
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"True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self."
- Joseph Addison. |
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"What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities."
- Joseph Addison. |
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"How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!"
- Joseph Addison, "Cato", Act 4, Scene 4, 1713, More quotation on Patriotism. |
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"Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station."
- Joseph Addison, 'Cato'. |
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"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs."
- Joseph Addison, 'The Spectator'. |