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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.
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
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.
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.
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
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.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
