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Own Quotes by Joseph Addison
- A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
- An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
- With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
- Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world. If the last…
- One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
- A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
- The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment.
- It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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