‘Tis not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
Quotations by Joseph Addison

Other quotes and quotations :

• Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. Joseph Addison
• See in what peace a Christian can die. Joseph Addison
• Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. Joseph Joubert
• What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. Joseph Addison
• There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. Joseph Addison
• There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch. Joseph Addison
• Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. Joseph Addison
• Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. Joseph Addison
• A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. Joseph Joubert
• We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that’s the next step to being dull. Joseph Addison