Quotes by Joseph Addison with virtue

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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  • How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
    Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
    That we can die but once to serve our country!
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  • Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.
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  • Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
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  • Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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  • Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
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  • A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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What are the most famous quotes from Joseph Addison?

The two most famous quotes from Joseph Addison are:

  • "How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
    Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
    That we can die but once to serve our country!"
  • "Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another."

When did Joseph Addison live?

Joseph Addison was born in 1672 and died in the year 1719.