Joseph Addison Quotes

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

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

Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!

When time itself shall be no more, And all things in confusion hurl'd, Music shall then exert it's power, And sound survive the ruins of the world: Then saints and angels shall agree In one eternal jubilee: All Heaven shall echo with their hymns divine, And God himself with pleasure see The whole creation in a chorus join.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it, and when it is only a kind of instinct in the Soul breaks out on all occasions without judgment or discretion. That courage which proceeds from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.

Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the concert o'er again.

The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.

I'd have that man (Cato) approve my deeds, than worlds for my admirers.

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

If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!