Quotes by Joseph Addison

Explore a curated collection of 71 quotes by Joseph Addison. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our l — Joseph Addison
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathw — Joseph Addison
Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entir — Joseph Addison
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty. — Joseph Addison
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. — Joseph Addison
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
... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,... or holy men that divided the world with their contests and disp — Joseph Addison
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives th — Joseph Addison
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we — Joseph Addison
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. — Joseph Addison
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. — Joseph Addison
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable. — Joseph Addison
Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion. — Joseph Addison
Colors speak all languages. — Joseph Addison
Nothing that is not a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency — Joseph Addison
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man ... courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a unifor — Joseph Addison
The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power wise by his wisdom happy by his happines — Joseph Addison
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. — Joseph Addison
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. — Joseph Addison