Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. English essayist poet writer and politician.
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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. Go to Quote / Comment
Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. Go to Quote / Comment
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. Go to Quote / Comment
What pity is it that we can die but once to serve our country Go to Quote / Comment
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue Who would not be that youth What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country Go to Quote / Comment