Joseph Addison

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.

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These are some quotes by English author Joseph Addison Writer, who lived between May 1, 1672 and June 17, 1719.

Quotes by Joseph Addison

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Joseph Addison

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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

Joseph Addison

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