"Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit……" — Joseph Addison
"Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall."
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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 Destruction Quotes
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The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of…
— Jose Maria Aznar
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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters…
— J. J. Abrams
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
— Saint Augustine
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
— Bernard Baruch
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The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.
— Annie Besant
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In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I…
— Steven Adler
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Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.
— Theodor Adorno
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Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon…
— Mark Bittman
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat…
— Tony Blair
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
— Aesop
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Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
— Aesop
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Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.
— Andrea Bocelli
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