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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, read more
He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have read more
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to read more
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no
humility for a man to think read more
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no
humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though
it might rather puzzle him to do that.
