Joseph Addison Quotes about Age

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Beauty commonly produces love, but cleanliness preserves it. Age itself is not unamiable while it is preserved clean and unsullied; like a piece of metal constantly kept smooth and bright, we look on it with more

Beauty commonly produces love, but cleanliness preserves it. Age itself is not unamiable while it is preserved clean and unsullied; like a piece of metal constantly kept smooth and bright, we look on it with more pleasure than on a new vessel cankered with rust.

Joseph Addison

Age, Looks, Pieces

Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1855). “The Spectator”, p.446

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.

Joseph Addison

Practice, Names, Age

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.80

Must one rash word, the infirmity of age, throw down the merit of my better years?

Joseph Addison

Years, Age, Merit

Joseph Addison, Henry George Bohn, Richard Hurd (1856). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: Poems on several occasions. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals, especially in relation to the Latin and Greek poets. Remarks on several parts of Italy, in the years 1701, 1702, 1703”, p.197