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Welcome to these Joseph Addison quotes and sayings. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English playwright, poet, and essayist.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are
something to do,
something to love,
and something to hope for.
- Joseph Addison
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
- Joseph Addison
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
- Joseph Addison
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
- Joseph Addison
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
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.
- Joseph Addison
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
- Joseph Addison
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