Quotes by Addison, Joseph

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity. >>

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, >>

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clo >>

Quotations about Injury

The marks you receive in the school of experience are mostly bruises. >>

No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so m >>

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man >>

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

Addison, Joseph