Joseph Addison Quote

The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a relish for polite learning; and they are those which a sour undistinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence.


Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917)


The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a...

The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a...

The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a...

The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a...