Quotes by Addison, Joseph

We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to b >>

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its >>

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the >>

Quotations about Ostentation

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows >>

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition t >>

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of l >>

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

Addison, Joseph