Recherche de devis
Joseph Addison
politician, writer and playwright (1672-1719)
Joseph Addison was 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. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century.
Reference: Wikipedia
Joseph Addison Quotes Page 3
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment.
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominance.
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the other.
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections.
Recherche de devis
Cet outil de recherche de citations est employé pour rechercher des milliers de citations par auteur, mot ou expression.