Quote by Joseph Addison
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prospe

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning. – Joseph Addison

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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. – Joseph Addison

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To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Some folks wear their halos much too tight. – Author Unknown

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They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny a sun because it is not always day. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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