Inspirational Quotations by Joseph Addison

  • What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
    They are but trifles, to be sure, but, scattered along
    life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
    From Issue 170
  • There is nothing that makes its way
    more directly to the soul than beauty.
    From Issue 182
  • If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
    From Issue 402
  • Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.
    From Issue 403
  • There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
    From Issue 407
  • Inconsistency with ourselves is the great weakness of human nature.
    From Issue 409
  • Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.
    From Issue 415

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