Joseph Addison's famous words

Today I introduce a British essayist and poet Joseph Addison. This Addison is not Edison.

Addison is relatively unfamiliar to readers in our country, because his works are mainly prose, poetry and drama, and his works are rarely translated into Chinese.His prose work "The Huckster in London" is one of the most well-known works and his masterpiece.

However, in the British cultural world, there is still a certain noise when the name Addison is mentioned, and the appearance of his name will definitely be mentioned with a person named Steele.These two people have known each other since they were young, and later studied together, and co-founded two famous magazines, namely: "Gossip" and "Spectator".

Addison was born in England in the 17th century and received a good education from an early age.After graduating from university, Addison traveled to Europe, during which he met the great Irish satirist, Jonathan Swift, who is world-famous for "Gulliver's Travels" and "The Story of a Bucket".

The founding of two magazines was an important achievement of Addison's life in the cultural world. His status as an essayist and poet allowed him to enter the literary world, and the socialization of writers has also become the norm.In London, Addison regularly gathers friends from the literary world around him to talk about creation through coffee house gatherings.

Frequent participants include Addison, his golden partner Steele, the Irish writer Jonathan Swift who occasionally comes to London, and Alexander Pope, the greatest British poet of the 18th century, known as the "Father of European fiction" and Daniel Defoe, the author of "Robinson Crusoe".

Addison's method of writing novels is another way. In prose, not only can a unique image be created, but also a lot of effort will be put into the description of the plot. Novel character sketches can be described as opening up a new field of prose, which to some extent affects the development of novels.

On June 17, 1719, Addison passed away. Today is the 301st anniversary of his death. Let's use his 10 famous quotes to appreciate the beauty of this British essayist's words!

Charity is a virtue of the heart, not of the hands.——Joseph Addison

True happiness does not show mountains and rivers, it abandons glitz and hustle and bustle.——Joseph Addison

True knowledge makes people truly and truly superior to others.——Joseph Addison

Hypocrisy and fraud will grow in every piece of soil. They are plants of all seasons.——Joseph Addison

The size of suffering is not measured by the sin itself, but by the nature of the sufferer himself.——Joseph Addison

The most important factors for living happily are that there is something to do in life, someone to love, and hope in life.——Joseph Addison

Honor is a beautiful fantasy. When those young people who are not deeply involved in the world capture false names, it lures them to the real astray.——Joseph Addison

The combination of lively spleen and innocence can make beauty more attractive, knowledge more lovely, and intelligence more gentle.——Joseph Addison

Young people are easy to insult people, and they are easy to forget the insults of others; the elderly are not easy to insult people, but they are not easy to forget the insults of others.——Joseph Addison

Love will not become indifferent because of reason, nor will it be lost because of ambition.It is the second life; it penetrates into the soul, warms every blood vessel, and beats in every pulse.——Joseph Addison