"Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and……" — Joseph Addison
"Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false"
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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 Amiable Quotes
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There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give…
— Jane Austen
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
— Samuel Butler
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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
— Lord Byron
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Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more…
— Joseph Addison
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She told her, while she kept it, 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but…
— William Shakespeare
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In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to…
— John Desmond Bernal
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No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.
— Seneca the Elder
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A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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Nobody knows how the stand of our knowledge about the atom would be without him. Personally, [Niels] Bohr is one…
— Albert Einstein
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I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and…
— Queen Victoria
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If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.
— Benjamin Franklin
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The truth is that the scientific value of Polar exploration is greatly exaggerated. The thing that takes men on such…
— H. L. Mencken
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