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Quote by Joseph Addison
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity h

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. – 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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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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Blushing is the color of virtue. – Diogenes

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People that put themselves above others will fall longer and harder. – Gina Lindley

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True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. – Edward Frederick Halifax

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