Quote #4191
‘We are always doing’, says he, ‘something for Posterity, but I would fain see...
Category Archives: Joseph Addison
Quote #4207
True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise...
Quote #4192
What pity is it that we can die but once to serve our country...
Quote #4208
Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable. +110
Quote #4193
Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief....
Quote #4209
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and...
Quote #4194
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. +3-1
Quote #4195
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest...
Quote #4196
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to...
Quote #4197
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom...