Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature. Joseph Addison More Quotes by Joseph Addison More Quotes From Joseph Addison Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. Joseph Addison friday sunday life When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. Joseph Addison tombstone kings beautiful One would fancy that the zealots in atheism would be exempt from the single fault which seems to grow out of the imprudent fervor of religion. But so it is, that irreligion is propagated with as much fierceness and contention, wrath and indignation, as if the safety of mankind depended upon it. Joseph Addison atheism safety wrath There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality. Joseph Addison observance morality A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality. Joseph Addison morality may world It happened very providentially, to the honor of the Christian religion, that it did not take its rise in the dark illiterate ages of the world, but at a time when arts and sciences were at their height. Joseph Addison christian dark art Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not require an infinite greater measure of faith than any set of articles which they so violently oppose. Joseph Addison atheism infinite kind Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity. Joseph Addison stupid natural people Jesters do often prove prophets. Joseph Addison jester prophet literature The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment. Joseph Addison jealously jealousy disease The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. Joseph Addison happiness men life One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started into discourse; but, instead of this we find that conversation is never so much straightened and confined, as in numerous assemblies. Joseph Addison assembly would-be thinking Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. Joseph Addison respect passion life Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Joseph Addison next men knowledge All of heaven we have below. Joseph Addison music heaven What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities. Joseph Addison absurd attention men We find the Works of Nature still more pleasant, the more they resemble those of art. Joseph Addison pleasant nature art The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination. Joseph Addison bent voice reason Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations. Joseph Addison strength practice faith 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 self talking happiness
