Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of reverend Lancelot Addison.
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. Use this quote
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. Use this quote
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! Use this quote
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Use this quote
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Use this quote
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. Use this quote
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. Use this quote
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. Use this quote
