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You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
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
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
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.
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.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
