There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

Quote by Joseph Addison

Topics: Joseph Addison Quotes

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own...

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he...

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he...

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily...

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are...

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are...

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me...

Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me...

A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady.

A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady.

This is why man creates his own universes when he Knows them, and these universes...

This is why man creates his own universes when he Knows them, and these universes...