"Modesty is not only an ornament, but also…" — Joseph Addison
"Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue."
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Joseph Addison
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison has 324 quotes on this site.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable…
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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism…
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
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More Guard Quotes
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you…
— Marcus Aurelius
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It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like -…
— Jim Bakker
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Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
— Abu Bakr
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Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.
— Mortimer Adler
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As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief…
— Christopher Bond
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Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.
— Louis D. Brandeis
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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would…
— Anne Bronte
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I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun!…
— Carol Burnett
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I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just…
— Jennifer Aniston
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Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse.
— Tupac Shakur
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The idea that the United States can't guard its own border is silly. It's a sign that were not serious…
— Newt Gingrich
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