A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONA true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONCharity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
JOSEPH ADDISONMan is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
JOSEPH ADDISONOne may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
JOSEPH ADDISONThree grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
JOSEPH ADDISONOn you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
JOSEPH ADDISONI reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
JOSEPH ADDISONOur 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.
JOSEPH ADDISONIf you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
JOSEPH ADDISONWere I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
JOSEPH ADDISONAnimals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
JOSEPH ADDISONLet freedom never perish in your hands.
JOSEPH ADDISONThere are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
JOSEPH ADDISON