| [No. 55] | Thursday, May 3, 1711 | Addison |
... Intus, et in jecore ægro
Nascuntur Domini ...
Pers.
Most of the Trades, Professions, and Ways of Living among Mankind, take their Original either from the Love of Pleasure or the Fear of Want. The former, when it becomes too violent, degenerates into
Luxury
, and the latter into
Avarice
. As these two Principles of Action draw different Ways,
Persius