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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
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.
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.
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.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.