Quote by: Joseph Addison

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.


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Author Bio


  • NameJoseph Addison
  • Descriptionpolitician, writer and playwright
  • BornMay 1, 1672
  • DiedJune 17, 1719
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Writer; Playwright; Poet; Journalist