“The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them; or as the Italian proverb runs, "The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger."”

— Joseph Addison

No. 191 (9 October 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)

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politician, writer and playwright 1672–1719

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