Joseph Addison Quotes:
Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719
Birthday: May 1
Death: June 17
It generally takes its rise either from an ill-will to mankind, a private inclination to make ourselves esteemed, an ostentation of wit, and vanity of being thought in the secrets of the world; or from a desire of gratifying any of these dispositions of mind in those persons with whom we converse.
topic: Vanity, Secret, Mind, Ostentation
