Quote by Joseph Addison
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. - Jos

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. – Joseph Addison

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Admiration
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I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution of his country – Joseph Addison

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Justice
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. – Joseph Addison

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Solitude
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Fame
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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. – Alexander The Great

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Fame

Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water. – Chinese Proverb

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Fame

Life is a warfare and a strangers sojourn, and after fame is oblivion. – Marcus Aurelius

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Fame

Fame is the thirst of youth. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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