Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. Joseph Addison awkwardnessbashfulnessmere Change image and share on social
Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. Joseph Addison deathdiehonor Change image and share on social
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality. Joseph Addison calldeeplyimmortality Change image and share on social
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. Joseph Addison basicgoodlife Change image and share on social
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. Joseph Addison accountdonationexpect Change image and share on social
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. Joseph Addison authoritydenyfact Change image and share on social
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. Joseph Addison corruptenemyhappiness Change image and share on social
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison bodyexercisemind Change image and share on social
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. Joseph Addison discoverenjoymentfriendship Change image and share on social
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. Joseph Addison chooseexactfull share on social
