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
latin greek mets
I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
parent lasts wonderful
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?
aggravation sight parent
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.
army hiking justice
Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.
literature posterity
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
knowledge men literature
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
conceited men talking
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
passion admiration-and-respect decay
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
sympathy indulge-in giving
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
faith atheist religion
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
idols unhappy literature
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
break-through clouds serenity
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
nature literature weakness
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
passion heart pride
There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride.