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

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

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

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

Rust, Sunday, Away

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

Reading, Living, Basic

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

Smile, Sure, Inconceivable

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

Cloudy, Misfortunes, Most

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

True Happiness, Next, Select

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, Mind, 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, Happiness, Hope

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, Shape, Figures

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

Health, Mind, Cheerfulness

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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

Mind, Lightning, Through

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

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

Twice, Stopped, Even

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

Friendship, Discover, Which

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

Education, Soul, Marble

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. Joseph Addison

Very, Treatment, Subject

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. Joseph Addison

Which, Reluctance, Receive

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

Nature, Temper, Weakness

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

Good, Grow, Pleasure

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, Always, How Much

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

Success, Perseverance, Your

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

Humble, Wish, Devout

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

Country, Some, Owes

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. Joseph Addison

Oppression, Authority, Which

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, More, Towards

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. Joseph Addison

Gardening, Give, Very

Jesters do often prove prophets. Joseph Addison

Prophets, Prove, Often

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