Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addisonwas an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 May 1672
Joseph Addison quotes about
flattery persons listeners
The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
jealousy pain men
Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
courage soul daggers
The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
lust firsts literature
The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.
call rank romans tis
Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism
growing next step
We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull.
eternity joyful short song thy utter
Through all eternity to thee, a joyful song I'll raise; for oh! Eternity's too short to utter all thy praise.
force gives great ideas lively sight themselves
Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves
literature honour stations
The post of honour is a private station.