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.
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This quote is just one of 35 total Joseph Addison quotes in our collection. Joseph Addison is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.
This quote is just one of 35 total Joseph Addison quotes in our collection. Joseph Addison is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.