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
inspirational education reading
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
life friday sunday
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
men aggravation literature
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
courage men bravery
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
happiness patience pain
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
appreciation volunteer world
No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
song garden animal
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
love inspirational life
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
believe opposites two
When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? My Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.
inspirational beauty soul
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
happiness inspiration health
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
taken eye blessing
Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another and be united together by their common interest.
amusement innocent
Encourage innocent amusement.
inspirational life friendship
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.