“Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 1 (1 March 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know there was such a person, and you wished no one to know it: it is to be a silent spectator of the mighty scene of things, not an object of attention or curiosity in it; to take a thoughtful, anxious interest in what is passing in the world, but not to feel the slightest inclination to make or meddle with it.”
"On Living to One's-Self" <br class="br"> Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
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