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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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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. – Joseph Addison

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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. – Joseph Addison

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That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? – Joseph Addison

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Father
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 – Bible

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The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod. – Josh Billings

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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. – Frank Leahy, Look, 1955 January 10th

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Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. – James Fallows

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