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."
-- Joseph Addison
   
Joseph Addison   Name:
Joseph Addison
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
May 1, 1672
Death:
June 17, 1719
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