Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719
Birthday: May 1
Death: June 17
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
source: Joseph Addison (1793). “A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments”, p.336
topic: Life, Happiness, Men, Pleasures Of Life, Pleasure And Happiness