| 154 Famous Quotes by Joseph Addison
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“O ye powers that search
The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,
If I have done amiss, impute it not!
The best may err, but you are good.”
Repentance Quotes Source: Cato (act V, sc. 4)
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“Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of
obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be
sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.”
Fame Quotes Source: in "The Spectator", no. 255
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“Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,
And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!”
Apparitions Quotes Source: Cato (act II, sc. 1)
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“I think the Romans call it Stoicism.”
Courage Quotes Source: Cato (act I, sc. 4)
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“The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.”
Courage Quotes Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
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“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace,
the best of circumstances.”
Courage Quotes Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
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“But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we
give no just occasion for them.”
Silence Quotes Source: in the "Tatler", no. 133
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“When love's well-timed 'tis not a fault of love;
The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise,
Sink in the soft captivity together.”
Love Quotes Source: Cato (act III, sc. 1)
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“When love once pleads admission to our hearts,
(In spite of all the virtue we can boast),
The woman that deliberates is lost.”
Love Quotes Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 1)
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“Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
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Endless torments dwell above thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!”
Love Quotes Source: Rosamond (act III, sc. 2)
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“Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.”
Justice Quotes Source: in the "Guardian", no. 99
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“There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.”
Justice Quotes Source: in the "Guardian", no. 99
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“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.”
Soul Quotes Source: in the "Spectator", no. 215
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“But thou shall flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.”
Soul Quotes Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
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“'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius,--
We'll deserve it.”
Success Quotes Source: Cato (act I, sc. 2)
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“The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.”
World Quotes Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
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“There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.”
Business Quotes Source: The Drummer (act V, sc. 1)
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“The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these
great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals;
or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they
please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.”
Authorship Quotes Source: in the "Spectator", no. 166
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“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the
other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive,
cherished, and confirmed.”
Reading Quotes Source: in the "Tatler", no. 147
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“Much might be said on both sides.”
Argument Quotes Source: in the "Spectator", no. 122
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“Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.”
Books Quotes Source: in the "Spectator", no. 166
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“Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.”
Beauty Quotes Source: Cato (act I, sc. 4)
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“I will indulge my sorrows, and give way
To all the pangs and fury of despair.”
Despair Quotes Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 3)
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“The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Forever singing, as they shine,
The hand that made us is divine.”
Stars Quotes Source: Ode--The Spacious Firmament on High
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“A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.”
Liberty Quotes Source: Cato (act II, sc. 1)
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