A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONA true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONTrue happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
JOSEPH ADDISONLet freedom never perish in your hands.
JOSEPH ADDISONEncourage innocent amusement.
JOSEPH ADDISONIn private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
JOSEPH ADDISONHealth and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
JOSEPH ADDISONI shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
JOSEPH ADDISONA good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
JOSEPH ADDISONArtificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
JOSEPH ADDISONTo this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
JOSEPH ADDISONCourage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
JOSEPH ADDISONOn you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
JOSEPH ADDISONNothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
JOSEPH ADDISON