It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Joseph Addison



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Addison, Joseph. The Christian Poet : a miscellany of divine poems, all written by the late Mr Secretary Addison ... 1728.

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) was an eminent writer and politician of his time.