• Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him; and we seldom hear of a celebrated person without a catalogue of some notorious weaknesses and infirmities.

    Joseph Addison: Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him; and we seldom hear of a celebrated person without a catalogue of some notorious weaknesses and infirmities.
    Joseph Addison (1839). “Essays Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.82