Joseph Addison Quotes - Page 3
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
'A Song for St Cecilia's Day'
Joseph Addison (1839). “Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.171
Joseph Addison (1858). “Works, Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition: Withletters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works”, p.505
All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.129
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd (1811). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes”, p.25
Joseph Addison (1975). “Essays in Criticism and Literary Theory”, Harlan Davidson
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1860). “The Spectator: A New Edition”, p.583
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1854). “The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...”, p.408
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1804). “Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder: Selections from the Tatler. Selections from the Spectator [no.5-150”, p.106
"The Drummer". Play by Joseph Addison, 1716.
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1852). “The Spectator”, p.480
An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn (1872). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison”, p.92
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.293
It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
Joseph Addison (1721). “The Spectator, no. 90-505”, p.611
Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, William Makepeace Thackeray (1906). “English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith”
Joseph Addison (1839). “Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.151
Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd (1811). “The Spectator”, p.356
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Joseph Addison (1721). “THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOSEPH ADDISON, Esq; In FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME the THIRD”, p.218
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1858). “The Spectator”, p.252