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Quote by Joseph Addison
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. - Jos

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. – Joseph Addison

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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. – Joseph Addison

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Daughters
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Joseph Addison
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Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. – Joseph Addison

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Age
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Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men. – Ernest Moritz Arndt

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Too humble is half proud. – Yiddish Proverb

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. – Malcolm S. Forbes

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It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. – Andrew J. Holmes, Wisdom in Small Doses

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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. – Oscar Wilde

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So long as I can stay mentally alert – inquiring, curious – I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I dont want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. Im just not ready to stop, to die. – Rupert Murdoch

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For whatever reason, I didnt succumb to the stereotype that science wasnt for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did. – Sally Ride

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I always approach comedy roles pretending they arent funny. – Brendan Fraser

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