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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Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. – Joseph Addison

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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. – Joseph Addison

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It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. – Author Unknown

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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. – Jean De La Bruyere

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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield

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