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
agreeable air amiable beauty certain conversation gives good nature
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty
inspirational funny nature
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.
nature rain sunshine
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
nature purpose doe
Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
nature fall confusion
Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.
fashion nature literature
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
nature literature weakness
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
nature fall animal
There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it.
nature simple delight
Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet.
nature delight cry
If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue.
nature anger evil
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.
perfect tragedy human-nature
A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature.
nature miracle quality
Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
men good-nature good-humor
Men naturally warm and heady are transported with the greatest flush of good-nature.