Logo
Quote by Joseph Addison
There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature th

There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison
Other Quotes from
Instinct
category

You must train your intuition — you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide. – Ingrid Bergman

Category:
Instinct

What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Instinct

It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. – James Russell Lowell

Category:
Instinct

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. – Don Marquis

Category:
Instinct

Random Quotes

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. – David Lee Roth

Category:
Poetry

I dont believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. – Charlie Chaplin

Category:
Public

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. – Theodore Roosevelt

Category:
Learning

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings. – Helen Hayes

Category:
Love