What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the soul.
Joseph Addison Quotes
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: "What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me."
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| Birth: | 1st May, 1672 |
| Death: | 17th June, 1719 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Essayist, Poet, Politician, Playwriter |
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