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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Physick, for the most part, is nothing else but the Substitute of Exercise or Temperance. – Joseph Addison

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Health
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A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions that can possibly befall us. – Joseph Addison

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Serenity
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One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Before honor is humility. – Bible

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Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. – Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951

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Humility

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle. – Aneurin Bevan

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