Joseph Addison Quote Explained: There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

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There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress.

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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter

- Joseph Addison

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T is liberty crowns Britannia’s Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.

- Joseph Addison

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Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.

- Joseph Addison

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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

- Joseph Addison

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A vast space naturally raises in my thoughts the idea of an Almighty Being.

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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

- Joseph Addison

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

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

There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress.

All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter

T is liberty crowns Britannia’s Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.

Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

A vast space naturally raises in my thoughts the idea of an Almighty Being.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain

Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Explain

Don’t apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.

Literature is the only art in which the audience performs the score.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

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

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

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