Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he...

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object,...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object,...

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes...

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes...

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think...

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what...

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what...

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something...

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...