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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.
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true 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.
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.
The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own
esteem.
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The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own
esteem.
- Charles Hadden Spurgeon,
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
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.
