A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Quotes By Joseph Addison
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Animals in their generation are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom...
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A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...
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I will indulge my sorrows and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains losses and...
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem...
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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the...
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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest...
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There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
Quotes About Great
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
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I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
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A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
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A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
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Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...
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A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.