Joseph Addison Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• 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

• The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

  Joseph Addison

  Sight, Aggravation, Parent

• Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than is necessary for the preservation of the young?

  Joseph Addison

  Parent, Lasts, Wonderful

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.139

• The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

  Joseph Addison

  Children, Government, Childhood

  Joseph Addison (1721). “The Spectator, no. 90-505”, p.159

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