Joseph Addison

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his read more

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to
achieve immortality through not dying.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to
achieve immortality through not dying.

Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,
And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!

Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,
And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of read more

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.