Joseph Addison Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Joseph Addison quotes, Joseph Addison sayings, and Joseph Addison proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Cleanliness can be defined as the purest emblem of the mind. Joseph Addison
Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind. Joseph Addison
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. Joseph Addison
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age. Joseph Addison
It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes. Joseph Addison
Soon as the evening shades prevail, the moon takes up the wondrous tale, and nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Joseph Addison
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. Joseph Addison
Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom. Joseph Addison
The post of honour is a private station. Joseph Addison
It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes. Joseph Addison
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of movement. Joseph Addison
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. Joseph Addison
Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn. Joseph Addison
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow. Joseph Addison
Nothing makes men sharper than want. Joseph Addison
Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind. Joseph Addison
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. Joseph Addison
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. Joseph Addison
Every man in the time of courtship and in the first entrance of marriage, puts on a behavior like my correspondent's holiday suit. Joseph Addison
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. Joseph Addison
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. Joseph Addison
Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding. Joseph Addison
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. Joseph Addison
An indiscreet man is more hurtful than an ill-natured one; for as the latter will only attack his enemies, and those he wishes ill to, the other injures indifferently both friends and foes. Joseph Addison
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves Joseph Addison
Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the comfort o'er again. Joseph Addison
There is no defence against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph. Joseph Addison
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away, the post of honor is a private station. Joseph Addison
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. Joseph Addison