183 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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 Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies. |
| Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another. |
| Learning is pedantry, wit, impertinence, virtue itself looked like weakness, and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice. |
| Let freedom never perish in your hands. |
| Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. |
| Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, |
| Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. |
| Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness |
| Method is not less requisite in conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood |
| Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. |
| Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue |
| Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. |
| Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below. |
| Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature |
| Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Dates (9517 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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