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. — Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison : English Writer
Born: May 1, 1672
Died: June 17, 1719
Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, b…
Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questi…
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of li…
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives t…
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls w…
On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon …
Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, b…
Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questi…
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of li…
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives t…
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls w…
On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon …
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense…
In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon t…
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, yo…
Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly…
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it c…
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, t…
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in…
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasur…
The ability to take pleasure in one’s life is a skill and is…
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot…
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conve…
Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirabl…
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has somethin…
George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one…
