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Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
 I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the 
other be where read more 
 I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the 
other be where he may. 
 Humility, that low, sweet root,
 From which all heavenly virtues shoot.  
 Humility, that low, sweet root,
 From which all heavenly virtues shoot. 
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God
One may be humble out of pride.
One may be humble out of pride.
 Give place to your betters.
 [Lat., De locum melioribus.]  
 Give place to your betters.
 [Lat., De locum melioribus.] 
 The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about 
anything, and that all the read more 
 The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about 
anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to 
verify my notions have only wasted my time. 
 show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
 you a hungry person  
 show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
 you a hungry person