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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 like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
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.
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 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.
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,
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
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.
