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Self Quotes by Joseph Addison
- True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few…
- Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.
- I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually their whole Series…
- When an old Woman begins to doat [sic], and grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch,and fills the whole Country…
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden