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“Fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it, nor any organ in the body to relish it; an object of desire placed out of the possibility of fruition.”

Quote by Joseph Addison

Book:The spectator

Work

The Spectator is a renowned publication known for its insightful essays and social commentary. It was established in the 18th century and has since become a significant part of English literature, offering readers a glimpse into the cultural and intellectual climate of its time. more

Author

Joseph Addison, born on May 1, 1672, and died on June 17, 1719, was an influential English essayist, dramatist, and poet. He is known for his elegant prose style and his co-authorship of the magazine 'The Spectator' with Richard Steele. more

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“Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.”

Action Fame Ultimate Ultimate Happiness

Author:Joseph Addison

“Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.”

Freedom Pleasure Liberty Eternal Train Delight Plenty Bliss Heavenly Goddess Pregnant Reign Wanton

Book:The Works of the English Poets

Source: The Works of the English Poets

“A source of cheerfulness to a good mind is the consideration of that Being on whom we have our dependence, and in whom, though we behold Him as yet but in the first faint discoveries of His perfections, we see everything that we can imagine as great glorious, or amiable. We find ourselves everywhere upheld by His goodness and surrounded by an immensity of love and mercy.”

Mind Firsts God Imagine Source Goodness Discovery Perfection Mercy Glorious Consideration Dependence Cheerfulness Immensity Amiable Good Mind

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

“It is folly to seek the approbation of any being besides the Supreme.”

God Supreme Folly

Author:Joseph Addison

“The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.”

Knows Stills God Moral Perfection Deities Moral Perfection

Author:Joseph Addison

“It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.”

Mind Ends Action Goodness Advantage Aim Intention Our Thoughts Good Intentions Habitual Unspeakable Words And Actions

Book:Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste

Source: Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste

“Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects.”

Men Government Subjects Fellows Innocent Inequality Lowest Innocent Man

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

“A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.”

Men Mankind Greatness Humility Exercise Concern Generous Contemplation Glorious

Author:Joseph Addison

“A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.”

Looks Soul Greatness Neglect Multitudes Applause Censure

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq

“Persons in great stations have seldom their true character drawn till several years after their death. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunities of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.”

Source: Essays Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste