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
friendship league world
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
attitude fire frost
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the other.
kindness lying men
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity.
affliction prosperity virtue
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
thank-you gratitude exercise
There is not a more pleasante exercise of the mind than gratitude.
success merit command
This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
eye preparation care
The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.
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.