Joseph Addison Quotes About Grief

Quotes about: Grief

• When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.

  Joseph Addison

  Beautiful, Kings, Tombstone

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...”, p.83

• 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.

  Joseph Addison

  Honesty, Pain, Integrity

  Joseph Addison (1837). “The Spectator, no. 1-314”, p.251

• In my Lucia's absence Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden; I am ten times undone, while hope, and fear, And grief, and rage and love rise up at once, And with variety of pain distract me.

  Joseph Addison

  Pain, Grief, And Love

  Joseph Addison (1856). “The works of Joseph Addison: including the whole contents of B. Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection, and Macaulay's essay on his life and works”, p.428

• Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee.

  Joseph Addison

  Prayer, Grief, Soul

  Joseph Addison (1749). “The Spectator”, p.69

• The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavors at making himself easy now and happy hereafter.

  Joseph Addison

  Disappointment, Grief, Contentment

  Joseph Addison (1856). “The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd”, p.4

• In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies set upon it.

  Joseph Addison

  Real, Grief, Loss

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1801). “The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads”, p.55

• In rising sighs and falling tears.

  Joseph Addison

  Grief, Fall, Tears

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.386

• It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her, and to succeed in his Pursuits, than for one who loves with the greatest Violence. True Love hath ten thousand Griefs, Impatiencies and Resentments, that render a Man unamiable in the Eyes of the Person whose Affection he sollicits.

  Joseph Addison

  Love, Grief, Passion

  Joseph Addison (1712). “The Spectator”, p.53

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