If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. Joseph Addison More Quotes by Joseph Addison More Quotes From Joseph Addison There is a great amity between designing and art. Joseph Addison amity design art Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes. Joseph Addison ifs bravery courage There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. Joseph Addison shining mind men A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious. Joseph Addison greatness humility exercise That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself; and at least it is the outward portal to introduce them to the house within, or rather the common thoroughfare to let our affections pass in and out. Joseph Addison passion eye house If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison success inspirational life To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. Joseph Addison pleasing-others single passion Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart. Joseph Addison pride heart men If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use. Joseph Addison vices laughing men The English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his Troubles, or made him triumph over his Enemies. Joseph Addison innocent-person criticism enemy Marriage enlarges the Scene of our Happiness and Miseries. Joseph Addison misery marriage scene Look what a little vain dust we are! Joseph Addison dust littles looks Waning moons their settled periods keep, to swell the billows and ferment the deep. Joseph Addison periods moon Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels. Joseph Addison yield ignorance evil Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art. Joseph Addison music religious art Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity. Joseph Addison incongruity wit The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair. Joseph Addison despair italian men Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Joseph Addison confusion nature fall Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. Joseph Addison mirth laughter men 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. Joseph Addison generations legacy book
