Joseph Addison Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

154 Famous Quotes by Joseph Addison
“O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate, And not the wonders of thy youth relate; How can I see the gay, the brave, the young, Fall in the cloud of war, and lie unsung! In joys of conquest he resigns his breath, And, filled with England's glory, smiles in death.”
Soldiers Quotes
Source: Campaign--To Philip Dormer
“Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee. - Joseph Addison,”
Prayer Quotes
Source: Miscellaneous Poems--Divine Ode made by Gentleman on Conclusion of his Travels (verse 6)
“There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.”
Zeal Quotes
Source: Freeholder (no. 5)
“A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die.”
Sound Quotes
Source: An Ode for St. Cecelia's Day (VI)
“Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country!”
Patriotism Quotes
Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 4)
“My voice is still for war.”
War Quotes
Source: Cato
“From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow.”
War Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 4)
“A cobbler, . . . produced several new grins of his own invention, having been used to cut faces for many years together over his last.”
Shoemaking Quotes
Source: in the "Spectator", no. 173
“My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.”
Destiny Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
“The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato, and of Rome.”
Fate Quotes
Source: Cato (act I, sc. 1)
“From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow.”
Results Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 4)
“Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul, Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee, Bright'ning each other! thou art all divine!”
Women Quotes
Source: Cato (act III, sc. 2)
“Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.”
Virtue Quotes
Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 4)
“Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!”
Virtue Quotes
Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 4)
“If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.”
Virtue Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
“Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.”
Variety Quotes
Source: Letter from Italy (l. 100)
“The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.”
Honor Quotes
Source: in the "Guardian", no. 161
“Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.”
Honor Quotes
Source: Cato (act I, sc. 4)
“Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station.”
Honor Quotes
Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 4)
“The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?”
Honor Quotes
Source: Cato (act IV, sc. 4)
“What means this heaviness that hangs upon me? This lethargy that creeps through all my senses? Nature, oppress'd and harrass'd out with care, Sinks down to rest.”
Sleep Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
“If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.”
Nature Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
“Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.”
Nature Quotes
Source: Cato (act V, sc. 1)
“And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”
Providence Quotes
Source: The Campaign
“Young men soon give and soon forget affronts; Old age is slow in both.”
Youth Quotes
Source: Cato (act II, sc. 5)
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