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

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his countrys ruin! – Joseph Addison

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Revolution
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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. – Joseph Addison

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Pleasure
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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. – Joseph Addison

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Nature
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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. – Vicki Baum

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The strongest poison ever known came from Caesars laurel crown. – William Blake

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I awoke one morning and found myself famous. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. – William Blake

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