Joseph Addison Quotes

English - Writer May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison

Fitness, Mind, Reading, Exercise, Body

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. - Joseph Addison

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. Joseph Addison

Sunday, Week, Rust, Away, Whole, Clears

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. - Joseph Addison

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. Joseph Addison

Life, Good, Reading, Good Life, Living

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

Friendship, Happiness, Self, Place, True

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. - Joseph Addison

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. Joseph Addison

Happiness, Blessing, Man, World, Mind

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. Joseph Addison

Life, Friendship, Human, Greatest, Few

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison

Life, Smile, Good, Sunshine, Flowers

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. - Joseph Addison

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Joseph Addison

Day, Clock, Right, Twice, Even, Stopped

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison

Life, Love, Hope, Happiness, Three

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. Joseph Addison

Best, Health, Mind, Body, Friendly

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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. Joseph Addison

Ornament, Virtue, Modesty, Only, Guard

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants. - Joseph Addison

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants. Joseph Addison

Wisdom, Man, Always, More, Much, Should

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. Joseph Addison

Nature, Human Nature, Weakness, Greatest

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. Joseph Addison

Sunshine, Great, Day, Blessings, Little

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. Joseph Addison

Imperfection, Perfect, Quiet, Others

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. Joseph Addison

Education, Soul, Sculpture, Marble

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. Joseph Addison

Power, Man, Mind, Nothing, More, Than

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. Joseph Addison

Die, Country, Pity, Serve, Our, Once

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. Joseph Addison

Prosperity, Others, Only, Seen, Virtues

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. Joseph Addison

World, Observation, Worth, True, Dwell

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison

Life, Success, Perseverance, Hope, Wise

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. Joseph Addison

Moment, Clouds, Mind, Serenity, Kind, Up

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin! Joseph Addison

Man, Greatness, Red, Heaven, Country

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. Joseph Addison

Humble, People, Wish, Be Humble, Wishes

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Joseph Addison

Patience, Blessings, See, Real, Shape

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves. Joseph Addison

Lust, Kind, Hunger, First, Call, Most

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