Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and… - Joseph Addison

" "
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.

Joseph Addison

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison (May 1 1672 – June 17 1719) was an English politician and writer. His name is often remembered in tandem with that of his friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Joseph Addisson • Right Hon. Joseph Addison • Jozef Adddison

All quotes from Joseph Addison Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Joseph Addison:

Samuel Johnson Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Louis Stevenson George Eliot Alexander Pope

Additional quotes by Joseph Addison

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way To all the pangs and fury of despair.

Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.

For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. - Joseph Addison

About Joseph Addison

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Joseph Addison