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I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.
I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where read more
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where he may.
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
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.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
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.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God
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.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
