Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719)

• I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
- Nathan Hale, before being hanged as a spy, September 22, 1776
• What a pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country.
- Cato (1713)
• Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy that are preceded by a long courtship.
- The Spectator, December 29, 1711
• Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have here below.
- A Song for St Cecilia’s Day
• A cloudy day, or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes.
- The Spectator, no. 162
• The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
- The Spectator, June 18, 1711

Sir Richard Steele

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