Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Quote by Joseph Addison

Topics: 4th Of July Quotes, Independence Day Quotes

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

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...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

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

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

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

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

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

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

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.

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they...

Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they...

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist...

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist...