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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.
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have read more
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of 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.
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.
Lowliness is the base of every virtue,
And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
Lowliness is the base of every virtue,
And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
