Quotes from Joseph Addison
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
- Joseph Addison
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
- Joseph Addison
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
- Joseph Addison
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
- Joseph Addison
Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
- Joseph Addison
A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.
- Joseph Addison
It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.
- Joseph Addison
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.
- Joseph Addison
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
- Joseph Addison
Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, and intimates eternity to man.
- Joseph Addison
What can that man fear who takes care to please a Being that is able to crush all his adversaries?
- Joseph Addison
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
- Joseph Addison