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    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.

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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.

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Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Humility Quotes,
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Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.

Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.

by Helen Nielsen Found in: Humility Quotes,
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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.

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Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]

Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]

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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,

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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.

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Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

by James Montgomery Found in: Humility Quotes,
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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

by Nikki Giovanni Found in: Humility Quotes,
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