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The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn read more
O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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.
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.
We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, read more
We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of
our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our
naked skins.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.