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

Joseph Addison Quotes

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

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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, Reading, Mind

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

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

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

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, Man, World

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

Love, Life, Happiness

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

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

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

Clouds, Mind, Moment

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, Greatest

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. Joseph Addison

Honor, Die, Better

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, Hope

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

Health, Best, Mind

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity. Joseph Addison

Criticism, Defense, Against

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. Joseph Addison

Nature, Man, Glory

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

Education, Soul, Sculpture

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

Day, Great, Sunshine

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. Joseph Addison

Knowledge, Man, Know

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. Joseph Addison

Sympathy, Way, Despair

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

Humble, People, Wish

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter. Joseph Addison

Life, Good, Great

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison

Man, Person, Committed

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

Perfect, Imperfection, Quiet

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. Joseph Addison

Great, Man, Talent

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. Joseph Addison

Passion, Growing, Admiration

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

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