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Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
One may be humble out of pride.
One may be humble out of pride.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
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.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
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.
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.