„La lectura es para la mente lo que el ejercicio es para el cuerpo.“
— Joseph Addison
Source: Villamarin Pulido, Luis Alberto. Superación personal: Tesoro de la sabiduría- Tomo II. Editorial Luis Villamarin, 2015. ISBN 9781512274851, p. 77.
Frases de Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison
Fecha de nacimiento: 1. Mayo 1672
Fecha de muerte: 17. Junio 1719
Joseph Addison, escritor y político inglés. Nació en Milston, Wiltshire el 1 de mayo de 1672 y murió en Holland House, Kensington el 17 de junio de 1719.
Hijo del decano de la catedral de Lichfield, ya en 1694 publicó un libro sobre la vida de poetas ingleses y una traducción de las Geórgicas de Virgilio. En 1699 comienza a prepararse para el servicio diplomático, para lo cual viaja por toda Europa. Escribió diarios de viaje, por ejemplo sobre Italia y también sobre la campiña inglesa, y algunas obras de teatro, como Catón y El tamborilero .
Con Richard Steele funda la revista The Spectator en 1711, donde publica su obra Los placeres de la imaginación, en 1712. También escribió para la publicación The Tatler. Aunque se destacó como ensayista, participó en el Parlamento Inglés como representante whig, y entre 1717 e 1718 fue Secretario de Estado.
Frases Joseph Addison
„El saber, después de la virtud, es ciertamente lo que eleva a un hombre a mayor altura que otro.“
— Joseph Addison
Source: Ortega Blake, Arturo. El gran libro de las frases célebres. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, 2013 ISBN 978-60-7311-631-2.
„El hombre debe considerar siempre lo que tiene antes de lo que quiere; la infelicidad viene cuando la realidad no llega.“
— Joseph Addison
Source: Escandón, Rafael, Frases célebres para toda ocasión. Editorial Diana, 1982. ISBN 978-96-8131-285-5, p. 118.
„En verdad que el hombre no es más que una sombra, y la vida, un sueño.“
— Joseph Addison
Source: Morales Uribe, Alberto. Historias casi ficticias. Número 44 de Colección Cultiva. Editor Cultivalibros, 2009. ISBN 9788492519767, p. 9.
„No hay una cosa tan variable en la naturaleza como el tocado de una dama: en mi propia memoria, lo he visto subir y bajar más de treinta grados.“
— Joseph Addison
Original: «There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's headdress: within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees».
Fuente: Spectator, número 98. The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volumen 3. Joseph Addison. Editor Richard Hurd. Editorial T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Página 227. https://books.google.es/books?id=coRjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA227&dq=There+is+not+so+variable+a+thing+in+nature+as+a+lady%27s+head-dress.+Joseph+Addison&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXur3ztObfAhUEcBQKHbSGDFcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=There%20is%20not%20so%20variable%20a%20thing%20in%20nature%20as%20a%20lady's%20head-dress.%20Joseph%20Addison&f=false
„La verdadera felicidad no está confinada en ningún lugar, pero aún se encuentra en una mente contenta.“
— Joseph Addison
Original: «True happiness is to no place confined, But still is found in a contented mind».
Fuente: The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator, no. 1-314. Volumen 1 de The Works of Joseph Addison: Complete in Three Volumes: Embracing the Whole of the "Spectator. Joseph Addison. Harper & Brothers, 1837. Página 289. https://books.google.es/books?id=1Z1KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=Joy+is,+above+all,+health+promotion.+Joseph+Addison&source=bl&ots=K1uJNCNc_Z&sig=EcApzQUNAdTWH-uJs1lvW7OXoJY&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj69siqsebfAhVR1xoKHc30CrwQ6AEwCXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=True%20happiness%20is%20to%20no%20place%20confin'd%2C%20&f=false
„Mira en qué paz puede morir un cristiano.“
— Joseph Addison
Últimas palabras, Original: «See in what peace a Christian can die».
Fuente: Aikin, Lucy. The Life of Joseph Addison, volumen 2. Library of English literature. Editorial Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. Página 236. https://books.google.es/books?id=xEoJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=See+in+what+peace+a+Christian+can+die.+Joseph+Addison&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzm9HkuObfAhVy1-AKHdPrA7QQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=See%20in%20what%20peace%20a%20Christian%20can%20die.%20Joseph%20Addison&f=false
„Pero para considerar este tema en sus luces más ridículas, los anuncios son de gran utilidad para los vulgares. En primer lugar ya que son instrumentos de la ambición. Un hombre que de ninguna manera es lo suficientemente grande para la Gazette, puede deslizarse fácilmente en los anuncios; por lo que a menudo vemos un boticario en el mismo periódico de noticias que un plenipotenciario, o a un lacayo con un embajador.“
— Joseph Addison
Original: «But to consider this subject in its most ridiculous lights, advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador».
Fuente: The Tatler n.º 224, jueves, 14 de septiembre de 1710. Addison, Joseph. The Tatler. The Guardian. The Freeholder. The Whig-examiner. The lover. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals... Volumen 3 de The Works of Joseph Addison. Editorial Harper & Brothers, 1845. Página 67. https://books.google.es/books?id=mPk7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA67&dq=Advertisements+are+of+great+use+to+the+vulgar.+First+of+all,+as+they+are+instruments+of+ambition.+A+man+that+is+by+no+means+big+enough+for+the+Gazette,+may+easily+creep+into+the+advertisements;+by+which+means+we+often+see+an+apothecary+in+the+same+paper+of+news+with+a+plenipotentiary,+or+a+running+footman+with+an+ambassador&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtqeWPpObfAhVG1eAKHYr6C1sQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=Advertisements%20are%20of%20great%20use%20to%20the%20vulgar.%20First%20of%20all%2C%20as%20they%20are%20instruments%20of%20ambition.%20A%20man%20that%20is%20by%20no%20means%20big%20enough%20for%20the%20Gazette%2C%20may%20easily%20creep%20into%20the%20advertisements%3B%20by%20which%20means%20we%20often%20see%20an%20apothecary%20in%20the%20same%20paper%20of%20news%20with%20a%20plenipotentiary%2C%20or%20a%20running%20footman%20with%20an%20ambassador&f=false
„When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out“
— Joseph Addison
Context: When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Thoughts in Westminster Abbey (1711).
„Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.“
— Joseph Addison
The Tatler (1711–1714), Context: 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.
No. 147.
„A new creation rises to my sight“
— Joseph Addison
Context: Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse,
And show th' immortal labours in my verse,
Where from themingled strength of shade and light
A new creation rises to my sight,
Such heavenly figures from his pencil flow,
So warm with life his blended colours glow.
From theme to theme with secret pleasure tost,
Amidst the soft variety I 'm lost:
Here pleasing airs my ravish'd soul confound
With circling notes and labyrinths of sound;
Here domes and temples rise in distant views,
And opening palaces invite my Muse.
A Letter from Italy (1703).
„The man resolved, and steady to his trust,
Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just,
May the rude rabble's insolence despise“
— Joseph Addison
Context: The man resolved, and steady to his trust,
Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just,
May the rude rabble's insolence despise,
Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries;
The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles,
And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies,
And with superior greatness smiles.
Translation of Horace, Odes, Book III, ode iii.
„Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world“
— Joseph Addison
The Tatler (1711–1714), Context: Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.
No. 225.
„Where have my ravish'd senses been!
What joys, what wonders, have I seen!“
— Joseph Addison
Context: Where have my ravish'd senses been!
What joys, what wonders, have I seen!
The scene yet stands before my eye,
A thousand glorious deeds that lie
In deep futurity obscure,
Fights and triumphs immature,
Heroes immers'd in time's dark womb,
Ripening for mighty years to come,
Break forth, and, to the day display'd,
My soft inglorious hours upbraid.
Transported with so bright a scheme,
My waking life appears a dream.
Henry in Rosamond (c. 1707), Act III, sc. i.
