Joseph Addison

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided read more

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.

When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.

When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes,
Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise;
Poetic fields encompass read more

For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes,
Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise;
Poetic fields encompass me around,
And still I seem to tread on classic ground.