Joseph Addison Quotes
What can be nobler than the idea it gives us of the Supreme Being?
Citations
Addison, Joseph. "No. 565." The Spectator, vol. 8, George Routledge and Sons, 1888, p. 819.
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Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century.