Joseph Addison

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.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a read more

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride read more

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to read more

See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.