Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise. Joseph Addison More Quotes by Joseph Addison More Quotes From Joseph Addison Though a man cannot abstain from being weak, he may from being vicious. Joseph Addison weakmaymen Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. Joseph Addison ordinarywritingmen When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover what it is he likes in a composition. Joseph Addison likescriticismmean We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately found itself poor as soon as this vice got footing among them, though they were possessed of all the riches in the world. Joseph Addison ancientluxuryvices Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury. Joseph Addison luxurystarsthinking It was a saying of an ancient philosopher, which I find some of our writers have ascribed to Queen Elizabeth, who perhaps might have taken occasion to repeat it, that a good face is a letter of recommendation. Joseph Addison queenstakenletters Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Joseph Addison titlesgood-manmen My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death? Joseph Addison voicewartwo The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger. Joseph Addison hungerhe-manmen Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man. Joseph Addison slumbersweetmen Beauty commonly produces love, but cleanliness preserves it. Age itself is not unamiable while it is preserved clean and unsullied; like a piece of metal constantly kept smooth and bright, we look on it with more pleasure than on a new vessel cankered with rust. Joseph Addison piecesagelooks Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love, With unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art. Joseph Addison musicartmoving We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments. Joseph Addison afflictionpunishmentadversity Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. Joseph Addison kindnessmendull Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. Joseph Addison afflictionprosperitydestiny Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, When discontent sits heavy at my heart. Joseph Addison sunshinefacesheart My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. Joseph Addison antidotelife-and-deathdestiny 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 griefsoulprayer 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. Joseph Addison doneheartmen A satire should expose nothing but what is corrigible, and should make a due discrimination between those that are and those that are not the proper objects of it. Joseph Addison satirediscriminationshould
