Quotes by Joseph Addison with hope

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

English politician, writer and poet

Lived from: 1672 - 1719

Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 1 may 1672 Died: 17 june 1719

  • Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.
  • Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

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  • Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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  • 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.
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  • If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
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