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
Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. – Joseph Addison
Our friends dont see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them. – Joseph Addison
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. – Joseph Addison
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. – Pablo Picasso