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Plutarch Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
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Lee Haney A lot has been written about the merits and problems with detox but it is definitely worth it overall.
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Henryk Sienkiewicz Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work.
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Henry Fielding Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.
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John Dryden There is a proud modesty in merit.
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William Gilmore Simms Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.
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Sarah Fielding If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
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William Hazlitt No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
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John Adams Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public.
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Mark Twain The convention missionaries call "modesty" has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and reason and is therefore an artificiality and subject to anybody's whim - anybody's diseased caprice.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.
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John Kenneth Galbraith Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
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Jules Renard It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
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Robert Burton To enlarge and illustrate this - is to set a candle in the sun.
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King Tuff I love Hanukkah because it's so weird. You just sit there and light candles and say spells.
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Carl Edward Sagan It's better to light a candle then to curse the darkness.
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Michael Leunig The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination.
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Cristela Alonzo We grew up devout Catholics, so my trips to San Juan always include going to the churches that we used to go to and lighting candles and everything. Everything I do in San Juan is what I used to do with my mom, kind of as a tribute to her.
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Ron Redmond Despite these efforts, people will inevitably try to stay warm with candles and stoves in their tents, increasing the risk of tent fires. We're working with the authorities to find safe ways to provide heating in camps.
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Doug Gay Perhaps a candle fell over and started a fire. Whether that's intentional or not is to be determined.