Joseph Addison's Quote - Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to

Quote by Joseph Addison

Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves. – Joseph Addison

Category:

Diets and Dieting

Author

Joseph Addison

Read Quote

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves. – Joseph Addison

Category:

Authors & Writing

Author

Joseph Addison

Read Quote

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. – Joseph Addison

Category:

Death

Author

Joseph Addison

Read Quote

Other Quotes from

Reading

Random Quotes

Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life… It would be cliche to say my dad, my granddad. I think Im a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes. – George Eads

Category:

dad

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects. – J. William Fulbright

Category:

Democracy

It sounds extraordinary but it?s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. – Mary Archer

Category:

Money

The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. – Richard Dawkins

Category:

Poetry