Joseph Addison

Date of Birth:

01-May-1672

Nationality:

United Kingdom

Profession:

Joseph Addison was an eminent 18th-century English writer, writer, playwright, politician, and scholar. He is acknowledged as one of the finest contemporary thinkers, who, along with his friend, Richard Steele, co-founded the daily journal, 'The Spectator'. 'Spitorator' has become the most popular and well-read book of the time. He has contributed 274 articles for 'Spectator' and wrote articles for publication, 'The Tlerler'. He has written the famous play, 'Cato, which is Tragedy', which is believed to be the literary inspiration behind the American Revolution. He also writes, 'An Account of the Poets of Great English Poets', 'Campaign', 'Discussion of Medals' and the unsuccessful opera libretto 'Rosamund'. He has served as Minister of State, Commissioner of Appeals in the government of the 1st Earl of Halifax, Member of Parliament, secretary of the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Wharton and as Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was famous for his great personality and cool personality. He has also helped establish an English church, 'Kit-Cat Club', which had strong political connections.

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QUOTES BY Joseph Addison

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”

“Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.”

“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”

“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.”

“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover”

“If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.”

“Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.”

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.”

“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”

“To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.”