There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command. Joseph Addison More Quotes by Joseph Addison More Quotes From Joseph Addison There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. Joseph Addison godlikevirtuejustice Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. Joseph Addison givinglifeideas The post of honour is a private station. Joseph Addison honourpostsliterature One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter. Joseph Addison positivehappinesslife Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station. Joseph Addison viceshonormen A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Joseph Addison virtuelibertyeternity A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. Joseph Addison stupidwarbelieve No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. Joseph Addison oppressionpoliticspolitical Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature. Joseph Addison absencekindnessbeauty If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world. Joseph Addison you-make-me-happyhappinessinspirational Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. Joseph Addison best-friendfriendshipthinking It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the rest less. Joseph Addison connectionsoddmen Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. Joseph Addison natureinspirationalfunny Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. Joseph Addison honestypainintegrity Let freedom never perish in your hands. Joseph Addison 4th-of-julyfreedomhands Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse. Joseph Addison soullovelife Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world. Joseph Addison friendship-lovevirtueworld A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. Joseph Addison imperfectionliteraturehouse A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections Joseph Addison imperfectioncriticsinspiration Peaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer. Joseph Addison authorshipmaterials
