Quotes by Addison, Joseph

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure >>

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. >>

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as >>

Quotations about Admiration

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires t >>

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration. >>

You always admire what you really don't understand. >>

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 new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.

Addison, Joseph