Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another. – Joseph Addison
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his countrys ruin! – Joseph Addison
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object; unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a perpetual succession of miracles rising into view. – Joseph Addison
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ones self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. – Joseph Addison