I consider a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | I Don’t Want To Get Any Older… |
Maybe I’ll See You There | |
2019 | Free At Last! |
2018 | Some Basic Virtues |
Day 17: Fit In 48’s | |
2017 | Too Soon We Part… |
Rigorous And Difficult | |
2016 | Where And Why |
2015 | The Beauty Of Thy Voice |
2014 | Faith In Men |
2013 | An Average Verge |
2012 | Dew Drop Secrets |
2011 | Champion Freedom |
Posts Tagged ‘Joseph Addison’
Awaiting The Polisher
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Education, Inherent Beauty, Joseph Addison, Marble, Philosophy, Quarry, Quotes, Souls on August 13, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Testing To Open The Economy Safely
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged COVID-19, Economy, Joseph Addison, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Success, Testing on May 20, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We cannot ensure success, but we can deserve it. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Or Thought I’d Thought |
2018 | Go And Dare |
2017 | And Wealth A Poor Substitute For Ability |
2016 | Neither Darkness Nor Shadows |
2015 | It Took Roots |
2014 | Hard Evidence |
2013 | Full Participation |
2012 | Roving (Again) |
Ooops, Again | |
2011 | Why Not? |
Measured Faith
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Joseph Addison, On Atheism, On Faith, Quotes on April 1, 2014| 3 Comments »
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | April Fool, n. |
2012 | Faith, Ego And Patriotism |
As It Happens | |
2011 | What Counts |
Inside The Soul
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Joseph Addison, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Sculpting, Sculpture, The Soul on January 15, 2014| 2 Comments »
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
[I’m just trying to chip away at the extra bits to reveal what’s inside. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | A Toe In The River |
2012 | Believe It Or Not |
2011 | The Road To Recovery (And More Myths) |
Happy New Year – 2014!
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Happy New Year - 2014, Joseph Addison, On Exercise, On Reading, Quotes, Reading on January 1, 2014| 2 Comments »
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
[How’s that for an addition to your New Year’s resolutions? Happy New Year’s everyone! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Another New Year’s Thought (In Case It Rains) |
Happy New Year – 2013! | |
2012 | Best Wishes For 2012! |
Where Did You Spend New Year’s Eve? | |
2011 | Happy New Year (2011)!! |
Both
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Joseph Addison, On Politics, Philosophy, Quotes, Rush Limbaugh on December 27, 2013| 4 Comments »
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
[Musta been talkin’ ’bout Rush Limbaugh… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | That’s Success! |
2011 | Losing At Dominoes |
2010 | 1,001 |
Trifles
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Flowers, Joseph Addison, Philosophy, Quotes, Smiles, Sunshine on December 20, 2013| 3 Comments »
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Simple, Ordinary And Wonderous |
2011 | Humane Writers |
Seeking Success?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Joseph Addison, On Life, On Success, Philosophy, Quotes on December 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | All Aboard |
2011 | Sail On, Sailor |
Three Essentials
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hope, Joseph Addison, Love, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on December 1, 2013| 2 Comments »
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Just Looking |
2011 | Religious Lessons |
2010 | View From Under The Bus… (A mid-term report card on the Obama Administration. Long, but still worth reading for historical perspective.) |