Joseph Addison Quotes about Morality

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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.

There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.

Joseph Addison

Morality, Observance

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

Joseph Addison

Morality, Endeavor, Wit

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1809). “The Spectator”, p.44

A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.

Joseph Addison

World, May, Morality

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1854). “The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...”, p.408

I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways findtheir Account in the Speculation of the Day.

Joseph Addison

May, Way, Morality

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...”, p.32