Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Joseph Addison Quotes: Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe upon the point of a needle.
         

Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe upon the point of a needle.


Joseph Addison
Check all other quotes by Joseph Addison

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Joseph Addison Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Why-a-spirit-is-such-a-little-760116>.





Check out


Other quotes of Joseph Addison


The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.



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.

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.



I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.



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.

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.



Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.



Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.



Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.



No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.



The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.



Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.





Other quotes you may like



Never judge anyone as they have their own situation and different dimensions of looking at things and situations which you may not understand . . so Observe.

Never judge anyone as they have their own situation and different dimensions of looking at things and situations which you may not understand . . so Observe.



Be calm, be brave, it'll be okay.

Be calm, be brave, it'll be okay.



One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.



I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.

I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.



When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it.

When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it.



The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars.

The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars.



A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.

A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.



Let's all start walking more and driving less.

Let's all start walking more and driving less.



To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.

To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe upon the point of a needle.". Author of this quote is Joseph Addison. This quote is about men, dance, spirit, littles, heard, scholar,.