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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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul. Go to Quote / Comment
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. Go to Quote / Comment
Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel. Go to Quote / Comment
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. Go to Quote / Comment
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures. Go to Quote / Comment