Quote of the Day (Joseph Addison, Reproach and Reputation)

“It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.”—English essayist, poet, & politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

(Wise words to remember, as Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden—and now, Sarah Palin—take their lumps from what H.L. Mencken called the “Gang of Pecksniffs”—i.e., the press.)