Maxioms by Joseph Addison
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It must be so--Plato, thou reasonest well!--
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing read more
It must be so--Plato, thou reasonest well!--
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror,
O falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
'Tis the divinity that stirs within us;
'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man.
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of read more
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written read more
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written them, and by that means
discover what it is he likes in a composition.
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
