What did Joseph Addison mean by: There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. Joseph Addison Writer · England Copy
Our friends don’t see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joseph Addison, Acceptance, Friendship, Honesty, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
+ Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion. Author, June 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Joseph Addison, Perfection, Religion, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joseph Addison, Contempt, Greatness, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joseph Addison, Faith, Practice, Strength, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
+ Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Read explanation Author, August 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Joseph Addison, Diet, Nature, Simplicity, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
+ Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes. Author, July 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Joseph Addison, Humor, Prevention, Wit, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
+ Talk not of love: thou never knew’st its force. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Joseph Addison, Ignorance, Love, Power, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
Poverty palls the most generous spirits; it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joseph Addison, Despair, Generosity, Poverty, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. Read explanation Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
