Home
Quotes
Picture quotes
Random
Facebook Covers
Home
Quotes
Picture quotes
Random
Facebook Covers
The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
Quote by Joseph Addison
Topics:
Wonder Quotes
Related Quotes
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...
Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about...
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are...
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...
Through all eternity to thee, a joyful song I'll raise; for oh! Eternity's too short...
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink...
Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...
Jesters do often prove prophets.
