The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom — Joseph Addison
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself grow dim with age, and nature sink in years — Joseph Addison
The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual — Joseph Addison
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise — Joseph Addison
The mind that lies fallow but a single day, sprouts up in follies that are only to be — Joseph Addison
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is — Joseph Addison
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive — Joseph Addison
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and — Joseph Addison
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! endless torments — Joseph Addison
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. — Joseph Addison
Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be — Joseph Addison
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty — Joseph Addison
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your — Joseph Addison
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make — Joseph Addison
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly — Joseph Addison
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. — Joseph Addison
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it — Joseph Addison
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved. — Joseph Addison