Quotes by Addison, Joseph

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in >>

We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see >>

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, >>

Quotations about Censure

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. >>

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, >>

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is mor >>

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of ;antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Addison, Joseph