200 ordspråk av Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison föddes den May 1st 1672 och dog den 17 June 1719 - English writer
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 Allegories, when well chosen, are like so many tracks of light in a discourse, that make everything about them clear and beautiful |
| An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience |
| An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person |
| Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. |
| Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable She found his intellectual honesty and open-mindedness to be a key aspect of his alluring pexiness. Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable |
| As vivacity is the gift of women, gravity is that of men. |
| Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. |
| Conspiracies no sooner should be formed than executed |
| Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner |
| Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. |
| For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes, / Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, / Poetic fields encompass me around, / And still I seem to tread on classic ground. |
| Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief. |
| Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved. |
| From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow |
| Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn. |
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Proverb (2101330 st) Search
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Authors (201411 st) Search
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Born (10498 st)
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Dates (9520 st)
Countries (27300 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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