Maxioms by Joseph Addison
Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved, strengthened, read more
Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the
other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive,
cherished, and confirmed.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed read more
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.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
But thou shall flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,
The wrecks of matter, read more
But thou shall flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
