Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addisonwas an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 May 1672
character hard-work men
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck. A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
eye color rainbow
Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.
tea plant china
The Infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian Cane.
men enemy benefits
Plutarch has written an essay on the benefits which a man may receive from his enemies; and among the good fruits of enmity, mentions this in particular, that by the reproaches which it casts upon us, we see the worst side of ourselves.
men enemy virtue
A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes.
sweet love-is happy-marriage
Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life.
art exercise delight
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
editors storm whirlwind
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
water mind invisible
Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
men hunger he-man
The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.
christian dying last-words
See in what peace a Christian can die.
two perfection design
Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in that action, bound themselves to be good-humored, affable, discreet, forgiving, patient, and joyful, with respect to each other's frailties and perfections, to the end of their lives.
inspiration imperfection critics
A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
nature anger evil
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.