Joseph Addison on Books
1672–1719 England
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.
The Spectator (1711)
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
The Spectator (1711)
Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
The Tatler (1711)
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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