Joseph AddisonThere is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. ✨ Sir Richard Steele, Alexander Chalmers, Joseph Addison (1806). The Spectator, p.208372Philosophy
Joseph AddisonA cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured. ✨ Joseph Addison (1856). The works of ... Joseph Addison, w… ▶373Death
Joseph AddisonHe who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.362Reflection
Joseph AddisonWith regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.362Humanity
Joseph AddisonRidicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.373HumanityHumorLife
Joseph AddisonThe great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commis… ▶351Reading
Joseph AddisonI have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I p… ▶352Reflection
Joseph AddisonMysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! ✨ Joseph Addison (1811… ▶341LoveSadness
Joseph AddisonAdmiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perp… ▶353LifeLove
Joseph AddisonWe are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull. ✨ Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn (1868). The Works of the Right Honou… ▶342Sadness
Joseph AddisonWhen a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she p… ▶375Time
Joseph AddisonThe union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.375DeathLifeThought
Joseph AddisonCheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ✨ Pray It Forward:daily Meditations. Book by Rowena Holloway and Joyce Bullion, p.… ▶364ReadingThought
Joseph AddisonSunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1747). The Spectator, p.176353Humor
Joseph AddisonTalking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index, p.293343Thought
Joseph AddisonThree grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.332HopeLifeLove
Joseph AddisonWhen a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like. ✨ Joseph Addison (1858). Works, Including… ▶354Life
Joseph AddisonA good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.355Thought
Joseph AddisonThe greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.366HumanityLife
Joseph AddisonThe fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. ✨ Joseph Addison (1721). Remarks on several parts of It… ▶344DeathHumanity
Joseph AddisonThere is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1822). The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes, … ▶378Hope
Joseph AddisonFriendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved. ✨ Joseph Addison (1794). Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegorie… ▶301Politics
Joseph AddisonBooks 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. 367HumanityReadingTime
Joseph AddisonA day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. ✨ Joseph Addison (1858). Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and… ▶324Life
Joseph AddisonSee in what peace a Christian can die. ✨ Dying words to his stepson Lord Warwick, in Edward Young 'Conjectures on Original Composition' (1759)324Death
Joseph AddisonThere is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance 368ThoughtTruth
Joseph AddisonIf you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.324HopeLife
Joseph AddisonThe gloomy months of November, when the people of England hang and drown themselves. ✨ Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, William Bond (1766). The Spectator, p.310291Humanity
Joseph AddisonThis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it. ✨ 'Cato' (1713) act 1, sc. 2, l. 43303Death
Joseph AddisonOur disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible. ✨ The Spectator no. 476… ▶336Thought
