Joseph Addison ( 10 of 139 )
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own read more
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false
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.
I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this
paper to be punctually served read more
I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this
paper to be punctually served up, and to be looked upon as a part
of the tea equipage.
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in read more
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! read more
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,
Filled up with horror all, and big with death!
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
