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
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Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
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True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction.
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
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Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.
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Method is not less requisite in conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood
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True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise
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Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism
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Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it
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To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny
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We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull
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We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull.
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Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy that are preceded by a long Courtship.