Joseph Addison Quotes
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality. The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. The woman that deliberates is lost. Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity. There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch. There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty. There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship. Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. 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. We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
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