Joseph Addison Quote

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shews none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it.


No. 215 (6 November 1711). - The Spectator (1711–1714)


I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shews none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher...

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shews none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher...

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shews none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher...

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shews none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher...