A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts

Quote by Joseph Addison

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Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, Old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, Old age is slow in both.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object,...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object,...

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you...

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...