Joseph Addison's literary career flourished in the early 18th century. Alongside Richard Steele, he created The Spectator, a daily publication that explored a wide range of topics, from fashion and social commentary to literary criticism and philosophical discussions. Addison's clear, elegant prose and insightful commentary made the magazine immensely popular and influential. He also held various political offices, including serving as a Member of Parliament and as a Secretary of State. His collaboration with Steele is considered a landmark in the history of journalism and English literature.
Poems List
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.
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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
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Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of charitableness and angry feeling.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Self-discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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